23 Mar 1999
EMPIRE TREND ENTERPRISES LTD. v. DOUBLE MIND CO. LTD.
- Citation
- EMPIRE TREND ENTERPRISES LTD. v. DOUBLE MIND CO. LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2425/1998
The court refused the defendant's application to continue the proceedings as if begun by Writ because the additional delay and cost would be prejudicial and everything necessary can be achieved under the Originating Summons procedure; the court gave detailed directions (affidavits to stand as evidence, cross-examination of named deponents at hearing, expert disclosure within 42 days and limits on number of experts) and ordered security for costs of HKD 2.2 million with a staged payment schedule and allocated costs of the interlocutory hearings.