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Prc article 157
  • 1 Dec 2023

    WONG, CHI HUNG v. LO, WING PUN AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2023] HKDC 1663
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ1960/2019

    Leave to appeal was granted for grounds raising substantial questions of law of general importance and prospect of success (Grounds 1 and 2 on application of Ryder and Emeraldian, Ground 6B on relevance of practical enforcement of foreign law, and Ground 9 as incidental to Foreign illegality analysis); leave was refused where issues were factual, academic or without reasonable prospects (pleading points, total failure of consideration already established, no‑subversion academic given that finding, identification/confiscation factual issues and expert credibility challenges). The court applied…