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Hong Kong Case Law

Preliminary issue/separate trial
  • 18 Jul 1997

    TRIDANT ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. MANSION HOLDINGS LTD.

    Citation
    TRIDANT ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. MANSION HOLDINGS LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCT3/1996

    The preliminary issue application was dismissed because the question of which party contracted under the subcontract was not solely a point of law but involved contested factual questions requiring oral evidence and extensive documentary review; the court will not order a separate trial in such circumstances. The court may correct clerical errors in a sealed order and accordingly amended the 7 April 1997 order as sought by Tridant. Discovery and inspection must be completed before further directions and the related summonses were adjourned sine die, with costs allocated for the wasted hearing…