13 Mar 2017
KIUWIDE CO LTD v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE for and on behalf of the DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Citation
- KIUWIDE CO LTD v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE for and on behalf of the DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP253/2015
The Master\'s order striking out the joinder of D2–D16 and the Government\'s counterclaim was rightly upheld: the court exercised its discretion under Order 15 r5(2) and concluded there was no procedural convenience in joining the additional defendants because the Government\'s case against them was contingent, unparticularised and premature, and joinder would unfairly prejudice and delay resolution of the plaintiff\'s ready claim over the Purple Area; the Government can pursue separate proceedings and protective writs; appeal dismissed.