Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Interpretation

Legal area

Court

1 Aug 2024

梁淑微 v. 第一及第二答辯人之代表律政司

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 1916
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL127/2024

The summons for extension of time was dismissed because the applicant offered an insufficient explanation for the delay, the delay was not insignificant, and the proposed appeal had no realistic prospect of success as the underlying judicial review application was fundamentally misconceived (High Court lacks supervisory jurisdiction over District Court decisions and an alternative remedy to the Court of Appeal existed and had been pursued and refused).
4 Oct 2018

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND ANOTHER v. PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 2236
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL226/2016

The court held that although the general rule is that costs follow the event, fairness required departing from that rule because Mr Yiu had a reasonable basis to believe, given past practices and rulings and the fact the Interpretation post-dated the conduct, that his conduct would be permitted or he would be allowed to retake the oath; accordingly it would be unjust to require him to bear the costs of defending the actions.
21 Jun 1999

PANACHAND & CO. PTE. LTD. v. POON LEE MENG t/a HIAP HENG CO. (a firm)

Citation

PANACHAND & CO. PTE. LTD. v. POON LEE MENG t/a HIAP HENG CO. (a firm)
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV12/1989

Appellant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that condition 12 was incorporated into any of the three contracts; the parties' oral and telex communications together with deletions on the signed forms demonstrate the printed conditions were not part of the contracts, so the trial judgment awarding damages for non‑delivery is affirmed.

Hong Kong Case Law

梁淑微 v. 第一及第二答辯人之代表律政司

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AND ANOTHER v. PRESIDENT OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

PANACHAND & CO. PTE. LTD. v. POON LEE MENG t/a HIAP HENG CO. (a firm)