29 Aug 2013
RIGHTBEST INTERNATIONAL LTD v. DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LTD
- Citation
- RIGHTBEST INTERNATIONAL LTD v. DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1099/2011
Because the plaintiff filed late and materially overlapping amendments shortly before the hearing and failed to satisfactorily justify the lateness until the last moment, and because the new allegations are factually intertwined with existing pleadings making a separate strike‑out hearing inefficient and unfair, the court adjourned both the Strike Out and Amendment Summonses to be heard together, abridged service time for the Amendment Summons, set a timetable for affidavits and skeletons, and ordered indemnity costs to the defendant for costs thrown away by the adjournment (including the hea…