5 Aug 2005
PEI ZHENG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ANOTHER v. CHINA PUI CHING EDUCATIONAL AND OTHERS
- Citation
- PEI ZHENG MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ANOTHER v. CHINA PUI CHING EDUCATIONAL AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA946/2003
The application to stay the 1st plaintiff's claim was dismissed because the plaintiffs share a common cause (passing-off) that must proceed in Hong Kong, defendants failed to show the Mainland is clearly or distinctly the more appropriate forum, there was insufficient evidence that the alleged licence/grant was made in the Mainland, the alleged foreign-law questions were not shown to be particularly complex, and the defendants failed to particularise Mainland witnesses or documents. The summons for production of solicitors' authority was dismissed because no prima facie doubt as to authority…