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Admission of affidavit/affirmation evidence
  • 15 May 2017

    SNE ENGINEERING CO LTD v. CHIM KEE MACHINERY CO LTD

    Citation
    SNE ENGINEERING CO LTD v. CHIM KEE MACHINERY CO LTD
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV101/2016

    Security for costs was ordered because the plaintiff remained impecunious with insufficient explanation for depletion of funds, there was a risk of difficulty enforcing costs, and the defendant was entitled to protect its position pending the appeal; $1,000,000 was an appropriate security sum to be paid into Court within 14 days, failing which the appeal would be dismissed; applications by the plaintiff to adduce further late affirmation and to strike out parts of the defendant's affirmation (and late amendments to its summons) were refused as unjustified, late and prejudicial to case managem…