Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Referral to designated judge

Legal area

Court

23 Jun 2023

林永恒 v. 丁明幗

Citation

[2023] HKDC 864
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ842/2022

The Summons for default judgment was dismissed because the plaintiff commenced fresh proceedings that fall within the scope of existing High Court RPOs without first obtaining the required leave; under those RPOs service without leave renders defendants entitled to take no steps and renders a default application premature, and the matter must be referred to the designated High Court judge to decide whether the action may continue.
13 May 2005

NG YAT CHI AND ANOTHER v. CHINA RESOURCES (HOLDINGS) CO LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

NG YAT CHI AND ANOTHER v. CHINA RESOURCES (HOLDINGS) CO LTD AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA424/2005

Master Ho properly exercised his discretion under Order 32 Rule 12 in referring the matters to the designated judge. Case management required that the gagging order proceedings be dealt with first to prevent waste of costs and judicial resources; therefore the appeal against the referral is dismissed and the stay/directions contemplated by the designated judge (directions (j) and (k)) should be made and enforced pending determination of the gagging order proceedings.