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Hong Kong Case Law

Unfair prejudice petitions (s.168a)

  • 7 Jul 2011

    CHUI PUI KUN v. CHUI WAI KWAN

    Citation
    CHUI PUI KUN v. CHUI WAI KWAN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2339/2009

    The court allowed the Amendment Application to re-amend the petition (with consequential directions for filing evidence) because opposition was not pressed and the court accepts limited exceptions to a strict bar on post-petition amendments; the court refused CWK's application to defer or consolidate the Defamation Action with the petitions because the issues for jury and judge were materially different, the Defamation Action was trial-ready while the petitions were not, and it would be inappropriate to deprive a party of its jury trial rights or to risk confusing the jury by reliance on judg…

  • 21 Dec 2007

    YEARICH LTD v. MOSTOP LTD AND OTHERS

    Citation
    YEARICH LTD v. MOSTOP LTD AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP851/2007

    The court held that the strike-out applications were broadly based on the same legal contention and that the respondents were, overall, the successful party; the relative commercial value of companies and mere number of petitions struck out were irrelevant to the strike-out merits; the order nisi awarding half of the striking-out costs to respondents was appropriate and the application to vary that order was refused; costs of the hearing were awarded to respondents.