21 Apr 2004
LEE YIU KWAN v. TING YIN WAH
- Citation
- LEE YIU KWAN v. TING YIN WAH
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV31/2003
The Court allowed the appeals, set aside the District Court judge's orders and remitted the cases for re-trial because the judge improperly ordered trial of preliminary legal issues without properly formulating them or giving parties a fair opportunity to address issues, several disputed matters involved interwoven factual and legal questions (including applicability of the Money Lenders Ordinance s.23 proviso and statutory interpretation of the corrupt practices provisions) unsuitable for determination as preliminary legal issues, and the judge applied an incorrect/repealed statutory version…