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Expert duty to the court
  • 6 Aug 2020

    WIDE FORTUNE (HK) LTD v. CHAN KWOK CHUNG

    Citation
    [2020] HKDC 636
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ2578/2018

    The Handwritten Memo constituted the product of the experts' without prejudice meeting and, as an interim joint statement of experts ordered/permitted by court procedure, is not privileged and is admissible; the plaintiff's application to adduce a separate rebuttal report was refused; parties ordered to file a final joint statement within 28 days and each party to bear its own costs (costs order nisi).

    • Without prejudice privilege
    • Joint expert statement
    • Expungement
    • Expert duty to the court
    • Rebuttal report
    • Costs