14 Jul 2008
LAU PUI KEI AND ANOTHER v. LEUNG CHI WAI AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- LAU PUI KEI AND ANOTHER v. LEUNG CHI WAI AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI532/2006
The court exercised its discretion to join Wing Lung because the question of Tung Sing Printing's vicarious liability directly affects the insurer's indemnity exposure and the arbitration would not resolve that issue before trial; the risk of prejudice from delay was mitigated by assurances and the limited scope of the insurer's participation, whereas refusal would risk leaving the insurer unable to protect its position and result in incomplete adjudication. The application to amend the defence was refused.