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Hong Kong Case Law

Finality rule (evidence as to credit)
  • 13 Aug 2025

    CMBICDHAW INVESTMENTS LTD v. LI LEI AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2025] HKCFI 3616
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP1074/2024

    Excluded substantial parts of the Plaintiff's disputed reply evidence on basis that it was collateral similar‑fact material or irrelevant to the primary issue of whether the defendants deliberately withheld the 25.05.2015 Termination Agreement; applied finality rule and O'Brien case management balancing to prevent expansion of the contempt trial into multiple unparticularised discovery breach allegations; held Supplemental China Beef document and related correspondence irrelevant or collateral to primary issue; refused to expunge defendants' affirmations on hearsay or issue‑estoppel grounds;…