23 May 2022
CHU KONG v. LAU WING YAN
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 1419
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA228/2017
The application to try the winding-up (HCCW 352/2014) together with the civil actions was dismissed because the Lau Camp did not establish a sufficient change of circumstances to revisit earlier case management directions; a joint trial would be unduly complex and lengthy (likely doubling trial time), would materially delay the expeditious resolution required for winding-up proceedings, and the proceedings were not at comparable stages of readiness; accordingly the balance of case management considerations favoured allowing the winding-up to run its course separately and ordering costs agains…