26 Sept 2024
香港平民屋宇有限公司 對 曹綽芝
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 1588
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ5507/2023
The court held that a second, belated legal aid application which had been previously refused and which lacked good explanation did not justify further suspension of proceedings; therefore DCCJ 5505/2023 should be restored and the 13 related matters progressed. The court applied Order 58(1)(4) and Ladd v Marshall constraints to new evidence on appeal, restricted admissibility to matters arising after 22 August, and confirmed the limited jurisdiction of settlement‑conference judges — terminating the remaining settlement conferences and directing that the unresolved 11 matters proceed to case m…