14 May 2020
QIANHAI XINHUAKANG FINANCIAL HOLDINGS (SHENZHEN) LTD v. CHEN JIARONG AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 823
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1508/2019
The court applied a modern, flexible approach under O 18 r 9 / O 20 r 5 and held that the proposed re-amendments were defensive, closely connected to the original claims and not bound to fail on their face; accordingly the Eshelby rule did not bar the amendments and leave to amend was granted; the 2019 action was stayed as its claims were included in the amended 2018 action.