29 Nov 1984
WILLIAM WAI LAU v. D.J.H. CONSULTANTS (PHILIPPINES) LTD
- Citation
- WILLIAM WAI LAU v. D.J.H. CONSULTANTS (PHILIPPINES) LTD
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV166/1984
The Court affirmed the judge's discretion to allow the amendments because amendment principles applicable to pleadings apply to originating process, no clear prejudice was shown that could not be remedied (eg by adjournment), and the petitions were not shown to be inevitably doomed; the judge did not err in permitting amendment without a fresh affidavit where existing material prima facie supported the amended allegation of a probable surplus. The appeal was dismissed and the refusal to strike out the petitions was affirmed.