14 Aug 2008
CHARLES TSU YEW WONG AND ANOTHER v. HSBC PRIVATE TRUSTEE (HONG KONG) LTD
- Citation
- CHARLES TSU YEW WONG AND ANOTHER v. HSBC PRIVATE TRUSTEE (HONG KONG) LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA10631/1998
The court held that the question whether SC Wong was of unsound mind for the purposes of s.22 Cap.347 is a distinct, self-contained issue (establishable by medical and witness evidence), that determining it could finally dispose of the action or a substantial part thereof, and that exceptional circumstances and proportionality justified ordering a separate trial of that preliminary issue; accordingly the application was granted.