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Hong Kong Case Law

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  • 4 Aug 2025

    P v. D1 AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2025] HKDC 1337
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ811/2020

    The Official Solicitor's unexplained delay in lodging proposals was unreasonable given the trial bundle and transcript were provided months earlier and the court's duty to manage cases expeditiously; nevertheless, balancing expedition with fairness a short, specified extension was permitted but subject to strict timetable and consequences; mediation does not require court liberty; formal application procedure is required for extensions.

  • 1 Feb 2024

    CHOW LILY v. CHOW WAI WAI VIOLET AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2024] HKCFI 423
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAP22/2019

    The court held that the experts must meet further without prejudice and prepare a joint report in accordance with Master Hui's Order, refused the plaintiff's proposed limitation confining experts solely to materials in their prior reports, refused the defendants' attempt to revert to the earlier February 2022 regime, extended deadlines to allow compliance, and awarded the costs of the summonses to the defendants in the cause; experts may state reasons beyond their original reports when explaining disagreement in the joint report but must respect their overriding duty to the court.