3 Mar 2022
B K AMRIT v. G-CLADDS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 585
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI1183/2016
The master\'s refusal to order oral evidence from the orthopaedic experts was upheld because the experts had produced three joint reports engaging with each other and explaining reasons for disagreement, and the core disputes turned on factual findings (timing and nature of shoulder complaints, mechanism of injury, and documentary credibility) for the trial judge rather than on unresolved technical medical issues that oral expert testimony would uniquely resolve; permitting oral evidence would not materially assist the trier of fact and would cause disproportionate delay and cost. Appeal dism…