23 Mar 2001
LEUNG SHING ON CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. v. WING HONG CONSTRUCTION LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- LEUNG SHING ON CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD. v. WING HONG CONSTRUCTION LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCT85/2000
The court applied the high but civil standard for interim payments under Order 29 and, balancing the parties' positions and the real risk of injustice to suppliers and plaintiff's imminent insolvency, concluded the first limb of the test was satisfied and awarded an interim payment of HK$1,200,000 to be paid to plaintiff's solicitors for payment of suppliers; contemporaneously, triable issues (notably alleged oral collateral agreements) made summary judgment inappropriate under Order 14; security for costs was dismissed because ordering it would probably stifle a bona fide claim and cause inj…