28 May 1999
CHU KAM LUN v. YAP LISA SUSANTO
- Citation
- CHU KAM LUN v. YAP LISA SUSANTO
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV86/1999
Service was ineffective because the defendant was physically outside Hong Kong and the plaintiff knew her Indonesian address; the judgment was therefore irregular and, following Hong Kong authorities, an irregular judgment should be set aside without requiring proof of a meritorious defence; on the facts the defendant's asserted defence was not manifestly hopeless and the default judgment was set aside and unconditional leave to defend granted.