28 Feb 2025
POOSAALA RAM PRASAD v. THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LTD
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 900
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA279/2021
Short delay and explanation justified extension to hear merits; sealed Order required filing within seven days of 20 December 2024 and, applying mandatory O.3 r.2 computation rules, the Re‑Amended Defence filed on 2 January 2025 was within time; there was no basis to go behind the sealed wording or to find the sealing process invalid; the amendment was properly allowed in exercise of fresh discretion; the appeal had no merits and is dismissed with costs to follow the event.