17 Nov 1999
MAK YIU v. CHINACHEM REALTY LTD.
- Citation
- MAK YIU v. CHINACHEM REALTY LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA10335/1998
The court held that while paragraphs 2 and 3 were imperfect they were not plainly and obviously disclosing no cause of action; however, evidence adduced established a real and potentially fatal pre-incorporation point that made the claim against the present Defendant prima facie untenable; accordingly the Amended Statement of Claim was struck out under Order 18 r 19 and the Court's inherent jurisdiction but the Plaintiff was granted leave to serve a Re-amended Statement of Claim within 28 days to cure or reframe the claim; costs of the application were reserved as no order (costs nisi) becaus…