11 Apr 1997
WONG SHE WA v. CHENG MAN NGOK and Others
- Citation
- WONG SHE WA v. CHENG MAN NGOK and Others
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP26/1997
The court refused to decide the merits of whether the original consolidation order was a nullity; instead it adjourned the judicial review sine die because an adequate, less risky alternative remedy existed (an application under Rule 7 to join the remaining charges in the District Court), accepted the applicant's undertaking to apply to dismiss the judicial review if Rule 7 succeeds, and lifted the stay to permit sentencing — this preserved finality and avoided the potential prejudice of quashing Judge Longley's order which might have rendered prior trial proceedings nullities.