24 Mar 2026
MAXWELL ROAD LIMITED v. MO AH MAN
- Citation
- [2026] HKCFI 1871
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1933/2024
The court allowed the proposed amendments (save paragraph 14F.3) and dismissed the defendant's appeal: the alternative claims are not inconsistent with the plaintiff's primary case because the plaintiff does not assert the Authorisation Letter as independently valid but seeks to rely on the defendant's pleaded facts; the assignability/standing objection is not demurrable at pleading stage as assignability is arguable and requires trial evidence; the Pre-July-2019 investment-related pleas arise out of the same or substantially the same facts and are therefore allowable under the three-stage te…