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Sufficient rest defence
  • 3 Mar 2006

    YEUNG FU v. GUARDFORCE LTD

    Citation
    YEUNG FU v. GUARDFORCE LTD
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCPI213/2004

    The court held that requests for particulars must be confined to material facts that define the opponent's case rather than fishing for evidence; where the Defence's averments as to sufficient rest were unclear on core matters (whether plaintiff had to work all basic working days; the rotation schedule of the plaintiff's watches; roster for rest days; the definition of 'resting time'), limited further and better particulars should be ordered to identify those material facts (with temporal limits). Conversely, requests seeking evidence, documentary proof or matters for discovery were disallowe…