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Hong Kong Case Law

Expert witness attendance

  • 12 Jan 2026

    HO KWAI WA 對 棉紡會中學法團校董會

    Citation
    [2026] HKDC 49
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCEC1533/2023

    Except for two discrete factual clarifications (questions (4) and (5)), the expert's report did not contain medical ambiguities requiring oral evidence; many of the applicant's queries arose from non-medical issues or misinterpretation of the report and can be resolved by the judge or by a written supplementary report. Given the likely disproportionate costs of oral expert attendance relative to the claim, the application to summon the expert was refused; respondent must instead seek written answers and a supplementary report from the expert within specified time limits. Applicant ordered to…

  • 29 Dec 2006

    ANJALI AMBER SOFIA SINGH (a minor) BY RAMINDER SINGH, her father and next friend v. THE MATILDA & WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND OTHERS

    Citation
    ANJALI AMBER SOFIA SINGH (a minor) BY RAMINDER SINGH, her father and next friend v. THE MATILDA & WAR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI717/2003

    The application to hold the liability trial in London was refused because the estimated additional cost of a London trial (~HK$449,000) did not justify transfer and convenience did not outweigh that cost: most UK-based experts were engaged by the plaintiff and the 2nd/3rd defendants who were content for Hong Kong, only two experts belonged to the 1st defendant and no evidence showed they could not attend in Hong Kong, so overall fairness and economical disposal favored Hong Kong.