7 May 2021
THAPA KAMALA v. TANG WING KIT
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 1292
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI574/2018
Master order set aside because on the facts this case presented a fortuitous combination of disputed Speed and Location issues and an objective CCTV recording that was partially obstructed; the court exercised case-management discretion under Order 38 and CJR principles and found expert evidence (land survey to measure camera angle, traffic reconstruction and mechanical analysis of frame subsets) was relevant, necessary and of probative value to assist the trial judge on whether the taxi crossed the centre line and on micro-temporal speed assessment; scope was confined and certain parts of pr…