9 Oct 2014
CHINACAST EDUCATION CORPORATION AND OTHERS v. CHAN TZE NGON AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CHINACAST EDUCATION CORPORATION AND OTHERS v. CHAN TZE NGON AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1062/2012
The application for leave to issue third party notices was dismissed because the 2nd defendant failed to show a useful or proper purpose for joinder given the plaintiffs' pleaded claim focuses on conspiracy and dissipation of assets rather than audit compilation errors; the notice lacked the mandatory particulars required by O.16 r.2 and did not adequately plead reliance on the Contribution Ordinance or demonstrate the requisite causal link and "same damage"; joinder would cause disproportionate delay, cost and multi‑jurisdictional complication and therefore the Court exercised its discretion…