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Specific pleading requirements
  • 12 Dec 2017

    TO YUK FUNG v. A.F. (PNG) RESOURCES LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    TO YUK FUNG v. A.F. (PNG) RESOURCES LTD AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2927/2016

    The Registrar exercised discretion to order that the two related actions be tried before the same judge one immediately after the other (or as the trial judge directs) because of substantial overlap of issues; evidence in the two actions to be mutually admissible; the application for leave to file the proposed amended rejoinder was dismissed because the proposed paragraphs mostly contained bare denials, repetition, legal submissions or matters not required to be specifically pleaded under O.18 r.8 and would complicate the issues; costs for the rejoinder summonses were awarded to Wu at HKD 60,…