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Hong Kong Case Law

Order 48 rhc

  • 19 Feb 2009

    POON TING CHAU v. WONG KWOK CHI AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    POON TING CHAU v. WONG KWOK CHI AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV65/2007

    The Court dismissed the appeal because the plaintiff failed to demonstrate any substantive error: Order 49B and the examination regime are constitutional and appropriately invoked; the Master acted within discretion; clerical errors in the Examination Orders were amendable under Order 20 r11 or inherent jurisdiction; lack of personal service did not render amended orders void; substituted service and ex parte amendments were properly handled, therefore the Examination Orders and Substituted Service Orders stand.

  • 20 Oct 2006

    POON TING CHAU v. WONG KWOK CHI AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    POON TING CHAU v. WONG KWOK CHI AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2903/2004

    The ex parte Examination Orders and Substituted Service Orders were lawfully made under the Rules of the High Court; omissions relied on by the plaintiff were not material to the exercise of discretion, substituted service was justified on affidavit evidence of evasion/unavailability, the errors were clerical and amendable, failure to personally serve amended orders did not render them void, and therefore the plaintiff's applications to set aside the orders lacked merit; appeals dismissed and costs awarded.