9 Oct 2009
CLARE, BARONESS BAILLIEU v. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS\' CLUB, HONG KONG
- Citation
- CLARE, BARONESS BAILLIEU v. THE FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS\' CLUB, HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV364/2008
The Court held that suspension and termination of membership taken without affording the plaintiff an opportunity to be heard breached the rules of natural justice and were therefore void, so the plaintiff remained a member; Article 59 could not be relied upon by the Club because the documents relied on were not presented as an Article 59 demand and Article 59 is a special measure requiring proper invocation; nevertheless the plaintiff was liable for monthly subscriptions from her March 1999 return and the Limitation Ordinance did not bar recovery because the plaintiff had deliberately failed…