18 Mar 1998
CHINA (HK) CHEMICAL & PLASTICS CO. LTD. v. CHINA INSURANCE CO. LTD.
- Citation
- CHINA (HK) CHEMICAL & PLASTICS CO. LTD. v. CHINA INSURANCE CO. LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCL19/1997
Summary judgment was refused because the central question—whether an Open Cover relieves the assured from disclosing a known pre-declaration loss and thereby prevents avoidance—raised a substantive triable issue likely requiring expert evidence; the dispute was not a 'clear case' suitable for disposal under Order 14.