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Hong Kong Case Law

Leave to file evidence/affirmations

  • 10 Dec 2018

    WONG CHAK MING v. WONG YUEN WAN ALICE AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2019] HKCFI 77
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP3395/2016

    The court granted D1 and D2 leave to file fresh affirmations removing their answers to the inducement allegation (because the allegation had been removed by consent and the defendants' answers were no longer justified), dismissed D1's summons to admit a 4th affirmation about post-transfer Tai Yun affairs as irrelevant and abuse of process and ordered indemnity costs against D1 for that summons, granted limited leave to file parts (paras 8–14) of D1's proposed 5th affirmation and ordered D1 to file an affirmation disclosing details, net proceeds and whereabouts of the Craig Mount sale within 2…

  • 14 Jan 2016

    CMW v. WTY

    Citation
    CMW v. WTY
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC8759/2010

    The Summons was dismissed because the Respondent failed to justify the lateness and repeated an earlier refused attempt to file affirmations without any change of circumstances; the Respondent was legally represented for much of the period and had adequate opportunity to apply earlier; allowing the application would prejudice the Petitioner and undermine case management objectives under the Civil Justice Reform; accordingly leave to file affirmations was refused and costs awarded to the Petitioner.