9 Jun 2010
CHU WAI CHUN JACKIE v. LAM SIU KEI
- Citation
- CHU WAI CHUN JACKIE v. LAM SIU KEI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAP3/2009
The appeal was dismissed because (1) a challenge to parentage in probate is not equivalent to the authority-to-sue challenges addressed in the company authority cases (eg Foshan Hongda and Russian Commercial & Industrial Bank) and therefore may be pleaded as a defence rather than requiring an early preliminary determination; and (2) on case management grounds, given the parties' preparedness, the costs and risk of duplicative trials and appeals, it was appropriate to refuse an Order 33 split trial and proceed to trial of all issues together.