29 Sept 1977
HUI KWOK HANG v. LAM CHAN SHING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HUI KWOK HANG v. LAM CHAN SHING AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA935/1976
Withdrawal of proceedings against the owner would deprive the insurer of an opportunity to litigate issues central to its pecuniary liability (permission/agency and quantum); in the interest of justice and to hear the full merits in one action the insurer (Mutual Underwriters Limited) should be joined as a defendant, notwithstanding authorities on waiver, and subject to consequences if it later elects to step into the insured's shoes.