15 Jul 2003
MAN FONG HANG v. MAN PING NAM AND OTHERS
- Citation
- MAN FONG HANG v. MAN PING NAM AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA7935/1998
Given the history of dilatoriness, the imminence of trial and the balancing exercise required by authorities such as Mortgage Corporation v Sandoes and Costellow, the court preserved the scheduled trial dates and exercised discretion to admit some but not all late material: leave granted to file four of six additional witness statements (items 1(i)–(iv)), leave refused for evidence that would open a new prejudicial dimension (the Andy Lo offer / Man Bun material and item vi), and certain hearsay Chinese notes were admitted without calling makers because makers were dead or out of jurisdiction…