26 Aug 2021
SUNNI INTERNATIONAL LTD v. WIN HARVEST ENTERPRISES LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 2418
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2380/2018
At interlocutory pre-trial stage the court refused to strike out in bulk the liquidator's and applicant's contested witness statement passages because: (1) a liquidator is entitled to give evidence of investigative findings and to summarise documents even if the content is hearsay, (2) hearsay in civil cases is admissible subject to s47 EO and the court should not preclude such material wholesale before trial where weight is the issue, (3) the Wetherspoon principle permitting limitation of commentary on documents is not absolute and may be relaxed in complex liquidation litigation, and (4) gr…