10 Jan 2018
AMUSE PEACE LTD v. CHINA CITY CONSTRUCTION (INTERNATIONAL) CO., LTD
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 146
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2913/2016
The court exercised its discretion to admit late evidence because the judgment in related proceedings (HCA 2814) constituted an important development directly relevant to issues of consistency between pleadings and witness evidence on identical facts; the plaintiff was therefore granted leave to file its solicitor's affirmation and the defendant was granted leave to file further affirmations so the defendant could respond. The court rejected characterising the defendant's applications as a back-door appeal and required full context by admitting material placed before B Chu J.