7 Oct 2009
LIU CHEN v. CHAN POON WING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- LIU CHEN v. CHAN POON WING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI779/2006
Although the Plaintiff offered an unsatisfactory explanation for the extreme lateness, the court exercised its discretion to allow the redacted late witness statement and further revision of the RSOD subject to strict conditions to protect the respondent from prejudice: the Summons must be filed by the deadline, the redacted Statement must be verified, there is no further leave to amplify the Statement, examination in chief limited to 20 minutes, the 2nd Defendant may file a Revised Answer and seek clarifications, specified bundle pages and disputed items are expunged, and costs of the Summon…