11 Dec 2020
MATHNASIUM CENTER LICENSING, LLC v. CHANG CHI HUNG (also known as ALEX CHANG)
- Citation
- [2020] HKCA 1016
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV180/2019
A false admission in a pleading verified by a statement of truth can found contempt if it is a clear and unqualified admission and the verifier lacked an honest belief and knew of its likely interference with the administration of justice; however, on the facts the purported admission in paragraph 7 of the defence was not an unqualified admission when read with the statement of claim and other parts of the defence and the defendant's evidence and draft pleading raised reasonable doubt that the admission resulted from mistake/miscommunication, so contempt was not proved beyond reasonable doubt…