Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Court practice and procedure

Legal area

Court

16 Apr 2019

GENG HUA ZHONG AND ANOTHER v. LI SHU HON AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 994
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCW403/2017

Where a summons is not formally fixed and the court is not given notice of a return hearing, the court may treat the proceeding as irregular and refuse to proceed or set the summons aside; proper fixing and notice are prerequisites to a valid return hearing.
23 Mar 1974

RE ALFRED JOHN BALCOME

Citation

RE ALFRED JOHN BALCOME
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP124/1974

Because the notice and supporting affidavit did not clearly specify the terms of the order sought and there was no affidavit proving service on the Attorney General and Bar Committee as required by the Rules, the court refused unconditional admission and granted a limited order confined to the stated instruction; proper service and clear terms are mandatory prerequisites for unlimited admission.