Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Limitation (statute of limitations)

Legal area

Court

25 Jul 2025

楊志昌對吳子強

Citation

[2025] HKDC 1244
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ841/2024

Plaintiff’s unchallenged documentary and oral evidence established entitlement to damages quantified by reference to the contract: award defendant's share of bank interest limited to HK$8,527 after deducting amounts effectively paid in excess, allow loan-application expenses HK$10,050 despite potential limitation because defendant failed to plead it, and award contractual monthly compensation only from Dec 2012 to Feb 2018 (62 months × HK$3,000 = HK$186,000) because plaintiff was required to mitigate and cannot keep insisting on pointless continuance of the contract; award total damages HK$20…
19 Oct 2023

輝立証券（香港）有限公司對莫一柱

Citation

[2023] HKDC 1492
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ109/2020

The plaintiff failed to establish the correctness of the claimed account figures, the transactional basis for the claimed losses, and the legal basis for the interest component; the defendant raised credible, particularised and triable issues (including disputed transaction records, allegations of misrepresentation/duress as to the agreement, disputed interest calculation and limitation pleas) which could not properly be resolved on a summary hearing. Therefore summary judgment was inappropriate and the appeal from the hearing officer was dismissed; the hearing officer's order was upheld and…
27 Dec 2017

陳今农對香港入境事務處

Citation

陳今农對香港入境事務處
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP8/2017

Extension of time refused because the applicant offered no acceptable explanation for the delay (oral judgment was delivered in court while he was present), the proposed appeal had no real prospect of success because the underlying claims were time‑barred and additional grounds advanced were unpleaded and unsupported, and non‑compliance with procedural rules independently justified dismissal; accordingly the application for extension was dismissed and costs awarded to respondent.

Hong Kong Case Law

楊志昌 對 吳子強

輝立証券（香港）有限公司 對 莫一柱

陳今农 對 香港入境事務處

楊志昌對吳子強

輝立証券（香港）有限公司對莫一柱

陳今农對香港入境事務處