6 Dec 2016
WENG CHI CHEONG v. BARCLAYS CAPITAL ASIA LTD
- Citation
- WENG CHI CHEONG v. BARCLAYS CAPITAL ASIA LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA741/2016
The court held the plaintiff's pleaded cause of action was a contractual claim for monetary relief for breach of the implied duty of mutual trust and confidence and thus fell within the Labour Tribunal's exclusive jurisdiction under the Labour Tribunal Ordinance; service by email was not a valid mode of service for the writ under the Rules of the High Court; the plaintiff's attempt to appeal the Set Aside Order out of time was unjustified and the new email evidence did not provide grounds to impugn the master's decision; the Set Aside Order and the master's summary assessment of costs (HKD180…