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Hong Kong Case Law

Joint expert

  • 5 Apr 2017

    CHANG PUI YIN AND OTHERS v. BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD

    Citation
    CHANG PUI YIN AND OTHERS v. BANK OF SINGAPORE LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCL12/2013

    The application to adduce fresh expert evidence was dismissed because the defendant failed to show very good reasons to replace its expert at a late stage; the change would prejudice the plaintiffs and undermine case management objectives; the trial on quantum will proceed on the basis of the existing expert reports and cross-examination, and the parties may use a single joint expert if appropriate.

  • 6 Feb 2012

    TANG TAK PING v. KAI SHING CONSTRUCTION CO AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    TANG TAK PING v. KAI SHING CONSTRUCTION CO AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI539/2011

    The court exercised its case management discretion to grant leave for psychiatric expert evidence because the privately obtained report (Dr Leo Chiu) established a prima facie need; however the privately instructed psychiatrist was disqualified from acting as the single joint expert; the parties were directed to jointly instruct a single joint psychiatric expert (Dr Chung Si Yuen) and specific costs orders were made reflecting the plaintiff's breach of PD18.1 and the defendants' partial success.

  • 2 Jun 2008

    HO CHI SING v. TAM KWOK MING AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    HO CHI SING v. TAM KWOK MING AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI161/2000

    The court refused the plaintiff\u2019s application to call an additional pain expert and upheld the Master\u2019s order limiting expert evidence and the plaintiff\u2019s election of Dr Knobler; communications between defendants\u2019 solicitors and their experts are not disclosable absent waiver and were not waived here; contemporaneous notes of examination by Dr Yu and Dr Lee are discoverable; parties\u2019 experts may file medical literature in support of opinions; supplemental witness statement to be served within 28 days; plaintiff to disclose insurance position; cross-examination of defe…