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Leave to amend defence during trial
  • 21 Aug 2014

    TO PUI KUI v. NG KWOK PIU AND OTHERS

    Citation
    TO PUI KUI v. NG KWOK PIU AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV281/2012

    Leave to appeal HCMP 2466 of 2012 was refused because the trial judge's refusal to allow late amendments was a case management decision subject to a high threshold and was not clearly wrong: the proposed amendments were fact-sensitive, risked disrupting the trial and would not assist the defendants if the plaintiff proved forgery of the official resolution. The plaintiff was granted leave to amend its appeal documents because counsel assured the court the new grounds were already set out in lodged skeleton submissions and respondents could deal with them without adjournment. Costs orders were…