30 Jul 2009
CHONG HING BANK LTD v. CENTRE GAIN INVESTMENTS LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CHONG HING BANK LTD v. CENTRE GAIN INVESTMENTS LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3056/1996
Master Jones had jurisdiction under Order 88 because the claims were monies secured by the mortgage and his contemporaneous notes and absence of defendants showed intent to deal with all defendants; amendment under the slip rule to correct omission was permissible to reflect that manifest intention; Master Kwang properly exercised discretion in discharging the Charging Order nisi because the plaintiff's long delay caused substantial prejudice (including interest exceeding principal, renovations, and discharge of a mortgage) and the plaintiff's ex parte affirmation failed to make full and fran…