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  • 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…