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  • 3 Oct 2013

    DE CHANG FULFILMENT LTD v. MANLEY TOYS LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    DE CHANG FULFILMENT LTD v. MANLEY TOYS LTD AND ANOTHER<br>
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA1161/2009

    The court applied the statutory starting point in RHC Order 62 r 3(6) that ordinarily a party serving a Notice of Non-Admission must bear the costs of proving those documents and held the plaintiff failed to show sufficient grounds to displace that starting point: the plaintiff's partial withdrawal of challenges and restrained trial conduct did not negate substantial pre-trial work and costs, the asserted reasons for disputing authenticity were insufficiently specific or convincing, and the prior PTR order did not pre-determine costs incidence. Separately, the plaintiff's settlement correspon…