10 Feb 2017
SIBERIAN MINING GROUP CO LTD v. CHEUNG KENG CHING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- SIBERIAN MINING GROUP CO LTD v. CHEUNG KENG CHING AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA706/2010
Statement of claim in original form sufficiently and distinctly pleaded fraud/fraudulent breach of trust by the directors; proposed amendments that provide further particulars of the dishonest acquisition and misleading documents are permissible; allegations of fraudulent/dishonest concealment, although a new head of deceit, arise out of the same transaction and substantially the same facts and are allowable under O 20 r 5(5); absence of explicit fraud in the writ indorsement did not bar amendments when SC pleaded fraud; leave to amend granted with defendants to file amended defences within 2…