1 Jun 2021
LO KAI SHUI v. HSBC INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 1539
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA404/2018
The court held that paragraphs 32–100 of the Statement of Claim and the specified paragraphs directed at KS raise the same factual matrix and legal issues already decided against similar claims in Madam Lo's Actions; Lu was in privity of interest and actively involved in those proceedings and chose to stand by, so the overlapping claims are barred by res judicata and/or constitute an abuse of process (collateral challenge). Order 15 rule 14 was unnecessary to decide and does not displace common law; amendments tied to struck-out claims were disallowed while unrelated amendments were permitted…