12 Dec 2014
REMEDY ASIA LTD v. YICK SHING CONTRACTORS LTD
- Citation
- REMEDY ASIA LTD v. YICK SHING CONTRACTORS LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2543/2014
The court held that on the facts the assignment did not amount to champerty or maintenance, the plaintiff held an equitable interest giving it locus to sue, limitation began on issue of final certificates so claims were not time-barred, relation back applied to the amendments with the defendant's consent for subcontract B, and joinder of True Light was proper because True Light remained the legal owner but the plaintiff had the equitable interest and the Deed left participation to True Light's discretion; accordingly both applications for leave to appeal had no reasonable prospect of success…