17 Apr 2025
BUTT TZE LEUNG v. THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, the body corporate having management and control of THE OPTOMETRY CLINIC AT THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 1587
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI726/2018
The court held that Tran's successive amended defences filed without her statement(s) of truth are ineffective as regards her; she must verify the RAD and RRAD within 35 days or the amendments concerning her are struck out and she is debarred from adducing evidence in respect of them; certain interrogatories (questions 7,9,10,15,16,18) were necessary and granted with a 35-day answer period (but the court declined to impose a disproportionate automatic striking-out consequence for failure); defendants University and Yu were granted retrospective leave to amend their RRAD in terms of the RRRAD…