10 Apr 2008
BIG ISLAND CONSTRUCTION (HK) LTD v. WU YI ENTERPRISES CO LTD
- Citation
- BIG ISLAND CONSTRUCTION (HK) LTD v. WU YI ENTERPRISES CO LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA886/2007
The Striking Out application was dismissed because it was neither a plain and obvious case of irrelevance nor timely given the consent orders permitting filing of the Rejoinders and subsequent conduct; the Subject Paragraphs bear on credibility and underlying financial matters relevant to the disputes. An order under O.4 r.9 was appropriate because the five related actions arose from the same series of transactions (1999–2004), involved overlapping issues and witnesses, and would benefit from sequential trials before the same bilingual judge for effective case management and to avoid inconsis…