23 Apr 2021
CHAU YUEN HEUNG v. JEKCO ELEVATORS LTD
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 1095
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI956/2015
Court allowed defendant/third-party claimant to amend pleadings to allege the 1997/2002 renovations and to seek further expert evidence because (a) the 27-page documentary disclosure was properly discoverable under the Peruvian Guano relevance test and materially enabled the defendant to particularise its causation case, (b) existing expert opinion supported the relevance of increased load as a mechanism for crack propagation making the amendments arguable, and (c) there was no unjustifiable prejudice given remaining time to trial and directions for consolidated tripartite expert reporting wo…