31 Jul 2025
KWONG SIN YEE FLORENCE v. CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD
- Citation
- [2025] HKDC 1251
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCMP787/2025
Sections 47A and 47B DCO do not support the order sought: s47A applies only against persons likely to be parties and to documents (not mere information); s47B applies only in relation to parties to existing proceedings. Although the District Court lacks an inherent jurisdiction akin to the CFI, it possesses an implied power to order Norwich Pharmacal relief where reasonably required to exercise its statutory jurisdiction. Exercising that discretion here was inappropriate because the application sought imprecise relief (the Defendant identified two possible passengers and could not identify wh…