9 Jun 2020
HUI CHI FUNG v. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 1167
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP79/2020
The court refused to order the proposed preliminary issues because the necessity/relevance question is at the heart of the discovery application and turns on substantive merits, there were no special grounds to depart from the general rule of trying all issues together, potential time savings were limited, and preliminary issues could create appellate and practical difficulties; accordingly directions were given for conduct of the originating summons rather than ordering preliminary questions.