16 Sept 2004
GUANGZHOU GREEN-ENHAN BIO-ENGINEERING CO LTD AND ANOTHER v. GREEN POWER HEALTH PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- GUANGZHOU GREEN-ENHAN BIO-ENGINEERING CO LTD AND ANOTHER v. GREEN POWER HEALTH PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2802/2003
Expert evidence on PRC law was excluded because the Intermediate Peoples Court had already decided the relevant issues; Hong Kong law treats Mainland court judgments as appropriate evidence of Mainland law; where a foreign court has directly decided the issue there is no room for expert opinion to re-determine that issue; a pending appeal in the Mainland does not justify relitigation in Hong Kong and admitting such evidence would pre-empt the foreign appellate process and offend comity.