18 Apr 1997
HOI KONG CONTAINER SERVICES CO. LTD. v. CHINA NATIONAL ARTS & CRAFT IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION ZHEJIANG BRANCH and Another
- Citation
- HOI KONG CONTAINER SERVICES CO. LTD. v. CHINA NATIONAL ARTS & CRAFT IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION ZHEJIANG BRANCH and Another
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV182/1996
The trial judge did not err in granting leave to amend because the 2nd defendant failed to establish specific prejudice from the plaintiffs' delay or to show that helpful witnesses or documents that would have assisted its defence are now unavailable; accordingly the appellate court will not disturb that discretionary decision absent a plainly wrong exercise of discretion.