15 Feb 1984
KWOK CHEUNG AND OTHERS v. THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO (1933) LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- KWOK CHEUNG AND OTHERS v. THE KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO (1933) LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2057/1980
Leave to re-amend to add a LARCO claim was refused because the plaintiffs' Statement of Claim was a nullity for lacking a grant of letters of administration at commencement; Order 20(5)(4) is ultra vires insofar as it attempts to alter substantive capacity without legislative authority; section 30 of the Limitation Ordinance does not apply to validate or extend time for an existing action commenced within the limitation period to add a new substantive cause of action; a subsequent grant of administration does not have retrospective effect to cure the nullity.