29 Nov 1984
WILLIAM WAI LAU v. D.J.H. CONSULTANTS (CHINA) LTD
- Citation
- WILLIAM WAI LAU v. D.J.H. CONSULTANTS (CHINA) LTD
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV165/1984
The Court affirmed the judge's exercise of discretion to allow amendments to the petitions and to refuse strike-out because the ordinary principles permitting amendment of originating process applied, no prejudice was shown that could not be compensated, the petitioner had prima facie material (including allegations of exclusion from management) such that the petitions were not inevitably doomed or an abuse of process, and the interlocutory stage was not the appropriate point to shut out the petitions; the court also noted that Companies Ordinance s.180(1) may materially affect the traditiona…