30 Mar 2021
LEI SHING HONG CREDIT LTD v. ACCUFAST LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 853
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1749/2014
Leave to adduce expert evidence on prevailing interest rates was refused because defendants failed to show the field of 'prevailing interest rate' is a sufficiently organised or recognised body of knowledge (Part 2 of the Subject Matter Condition); the proposed methodology and materials were inadequate (no draft report, unclear data sources, unspecified pricing/adjustment methods and unreliable cross‑checking), rendering the Expert Questions unhelpful to the court; on case management grounds the probative value was minimal and costs/time disproportionate; appeal dismissed and Master’s order u…