2 Aug 2018
BRIAN MONTGOMERY v. CHUNG CHEUK HUNG, HERO
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 1804
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1373/2015
The appeal is dismissed because the proposed amendments failed to comply with Order 82 r3(1): the amended pleadings conflated named direct recipients and ill‑defined classes, failed to state whether republication was pleaded as a separate cause or for aggravated damages, and did not provide the necessary particularity of republishers and recipients required to allow the defendant to respond and to advance defences including qualified privilege; therefore leave to amend was refused and the Master's costs order was upheld.