2 May 2000
DR PAUL KI PING-KI AND ANOTHERv. NEXT MAGAZINE PUBLISHING LTD. AND OTHERS
- Citation
- DR PAUL KI PING-KI AND ANOTHERv. NEXT MAGAZINE PUBLISHING LTD. AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA11533/1996
The Registrar's order was correct: s.35 permits set-off of the damages awarded in the 2nd defamation action because Next's contingent liability to pay those damages arose before the receiving order and therefore constituted 'mutual dealings'; the applicant's ten-month, inexcusable delay and absence of a real prospect of success justified refusal of leave to appeal out of time.