23 Dec 2009
YING HO CO LTD AND OTHERS v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- YING HO CO LTD AND OTHERS v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA10834/1998
The court allowed only implied terms consistent with appellate formulation (reasonable dispatch; informing applicants of deficiencies; extension of building covenant where culpable government delay) and refused proposed additions (good faith/co-operation; prohibition on arbitrary conduct). Amendments that expanded para.29 to include MLP9, LAM-based causes, or otherwise went beyond the original scope and the basis on which the split trial was ordered were refused as abuse of process and, where applicable, time-barred. The application for a clean consolidated pleading was refused. Costs awarded…