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Judicial review as defence
  • 22 Aug 2024

    香港平民屋宇有限公司 對 梁亞端

    Citation
    [2024] HKDC 1389
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ5511/2023

    The court exercised its case-management discretion to refuse the plaintiff’s application to restore the stayed proceedings because defendants raised substantial and arguable public-law grounds that could be determinative; Order 1A’s objectives require holistic consideration of substantive rights and procedural economy, favouring temporary stay/managed proceedings (including consideration of judicial review and coordinated case-management such as test cases or consolidation) rather than allowing the plaintiff to pursue disparate interlocutory applications that would risk duplication, delay and…