12 Oct 2017
CHAN CHUN CHUEN v. KAO, LEE & YIP (a firm)
- Citation
- CHAN CHUN CHUEN v. KAO, LEE & YIP (a firm)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA597/2015
The specific allegation that an express oral agency agreement was concluded in mid‑1993 was struck out because it was plainly and obviously diametrically inconsistent with the plaintiff's earlier, positive pleadings in the judicial review that there was no retainer and the defendant's address was ineffective; the plaintiff offered implausible explanations and produced no reliable evidence for the oral agreement, such that advancing that allegation amounted to an abuse of process. Other allegations (informal arrangement, reliance, duties) were not struck as they were not necessarily inconsiste…