21 Dec 1989
LUEN HING FAT TEXTILE LTD v. LAM SHING CHIN t/a NEW COTTON TRADING CO
- Citation
- LUEN HING FAT TEXTILE LTD v. LAM SHING CHIN t/a NEW COTTON TRADING CO
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA215/1989
The Master acted without jurisdiction in imprisoning the judgment debtor while the examination remained part heard; Order 49B r 1B(1)(c) requires the court to be satisfied following the examination before ordering imprisonment, so the committal order was unlawful and is set aside; the appeal to a Judge in Chambers was competent because the order was made without jurisdiction and therefore not properly within the exception to the general appeal route.