Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Relevance and proportionality

Legal area

Court

27 Jun 2018

WONG YIN CHAU v. HONG KONG ACADEMY OF MEDICINE AND OTHERS

Citation

[2018] HKDC 742
Court

District Court
Case number

DCPI1133/2016

Re-RSD refused as tactical, late, unclear and disproportionate (inflated claim beyond District Court jurisdiction); most of the additional witness statement paragraphs disallowed as irrelevant, speculative or raising unpleaded claims (save §§68‑70 allowed as relevant to earning capacity but costs ordered against plaintiff); psychiatric expert evidence was allowed because contemporaneous clinical records and clinicians' notes showed psychiatric issues post-accident, causation and detailed opinion were matters for expert evidence and admission of one psychiatric expert per party was proportiona…
10 Jun 2016

CHAN YEE KIT v. CHAN YEE MAN

Citation

CHAN YEE KIT v. CHAN YEE MAN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1743/2014

Defendant failed to satisfy the requirements of Order 24 rr.7 and 8 because the requested corporate documents and bank statements are not shown to be relevant or necessary to dispose fairly of the issues in the action given the plaintiff's admissions and the absence of pleaded issues about the Company as payer; therefore the application for specific discovery is dismissed and costs are awarded to the plaintiff.
4 Oct 2011

H v. T

Citation

H v. T
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC7159/2009

The challenged accounts are investment/securities accounts, not 'bank accounts' within part 2.3 of Form E; accordingly the redacted entries (stock code and stock name) are not required under part 2.3 and, on the material before the court, the redacted information is not relevant to the cause such that disclosure should be ordered. The petitioner is entitled only to the latest unredacted statement for each investment account as at the date of the related Form E; the broader application for unredacted historic statements is refused.

Hong Kong Case Law

WONG YIN CHAU v. HONG KONG ACADEMY OF MEDICINE AND OTHERS

CHAN YEE KIT v. CHAN YEE MAN

H v. T