Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Case management/directions

Legal area

Court

13 May 2016

SINGH GILL JATINDER v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND OTHERS

Citation

SINGH GILL JATINDER v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL2/2016

The Director of Immigration conceded that the applicant is entitled to right of abode under paragraph 2(f) of Schedule 1 to the Immigration Ordinance, effectively resolving the primary contention; consequently the court placed the leave application in abeyance to allow parties to negotiate on consequential matters (including damages) and fixed a further hearing date, and ordered costs to the applicant to be taxed under the Legal Aid Regulations; procedurally, where a constitutional issue is reasonably arguable leave may be granted even if other challenges are time-barred, as applied in relate…
2 Feb 2010

SIU FOOK CHEONG v. SIU KWOK FAI AND ANOTHER

Citation

SIU FOOK CHEONG v. SIU KWOK FAI AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI768/2009

The court exercised its case management discretion to order joint medical examination and a joint expert report and permitted the plaintiff to nominate Dr Tsoi for the joint process provided he verifies his earlier solo report by statement of truth and declares compliance with the Appendix D Code; the solo report was not admitted automatically and leave to adduce it at trial is reserved; costs orders were made to reflect the plaintiff's unjustified pre-action solo report and the defendants' reasonable steps to seek directions.
16 Dec 1998

CHINA NATIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION ZHEJIANG BRANCH AND ANOTHER v. SEALAND SERVICE INC. AND OTHERS

Citation

CHINA NATIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION ZHEJIANG BRANCH AND ANOTHER v. SEALAND SERVICE INC. AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCL90/1990

The court held that the interrogatories administered by the second defendant need not be answered because they were either irrelevant to the issues defined by the pleadings or improperly aimed at discovering evidential material rather than establishing facts necessary to dispose fairly of the proceedings and save costs; consequently the plaintiffs' application succeeded and an order nisi for costs against the second defendant was made.

Hong Kong Case Law

SINGH GILL JATINDER v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND OTHERS

SIU FOOK CHEONG v. SIU KWOK FAI AND ANOTHER

CHINA NATIONAL ARTS AND CRAFTS IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION ZHEJIANG BRANCH AND ANOTHER v. SEALAND SERVICE INC. AND OTHERS