13 Nov 2014
WONG CHAU WAN v. INCORPORATED OWNERS OF NOS 11-12 CANAL ROAD WEST, HONG KONG
- Citation
- WONG CHAU WAN v. INCORPORATED OWNERS OF NOS 11-12 CANAL ROAD WEST, HONG KONG
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI227/2013
The Insurance Defence as pleaded was struck out because the defendant's own evidence and prior conduct established Ka Wan, not the plaintiff personally, as the owner of the Extended Signboard, yet the pleading failed to join Ka Wan or plead particulars required to justify piercing the corporate veil; equitable estoppel argument was legally unsustainable on the pleaded facts, whereas set-off based on ownership could be arguable if plaintiff were owner; accordingly paragraphs 10(a)–(n) and 11(a) and the counterclaim as pleaded were unarguably bad and struck out, but leave to apply to amend was…