29 Aug 1975
JEBSEN & CO LTD v. SUEN TIN SHING
- Citation
- JEBSEN & CO LTD v. SUEN TIN SHING
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ8670/1974
Order 84 RSC applies to proceedings in the District Court under Rule 9 of the District Court Civil Procedure Rules; where a plaintiff sues for a stipulated sum as a debt or liquidated demand arising from a hire-purchase agreement leave under O.84 R.3 must be obtained before entering judgment in default and leave must be refused if there are reasonable grounds that the sum claimed may be a penalty, otherwise leave will be granted.