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Judge's conduct
  • 17 Nov 1997

    HENRIK ANDERSEN AND ANOTHER v. HUANG KUANG YUAN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    HENRIK ANDERSEN AND ANOTHER v. HUANG KUANG YUAN AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV208/1997

    The Court of Appeal held that, on the judge's provisional assessments that the plaintiffs' conduct had unreasonably prolonged the trial, that material evidence weakened the plaintiffs' cases, and given availability of creditors to fund indemnities, it was open to the trial judge to order security for costs during the trial; however the amount of $2,000,000 ordered for D5 and D9 was excessive. The appeal was allowed in part: the dismissals were set aside and the security orders were varied to $700,000 for D5 and D9 and $1,200,000 for the B & M defendants, payable within 14 days, with liberty t…