21 Jul 1982
CHUNG WING v. WONG LAN YING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CHUNG WING v. WONG LAN YING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA4120/1980
The Court held the Law Reform claim was not maintainable in the original action because the plaintiff was not administrator at the date of the writ and Hong Kong rules do not permit the amendment to relate back; the plaintiff was permitted to issue a fresh writ and the actions were consolidated with prior evidence deemed part of the consolidated record; the Court indicated it would be proper to exercise its discretion under s30 Limitation Ordinance if limitation was pleaded; on the merits damages were assessed under the Law Reform Ordinance (encompassing Fatal Accidents entitlement) and award…