Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Citation

YAU KAM CHING v. CHEUNG SHUN KAU

Court

District Court

Case number

DCPI522/2012

The application was dismissed because there was no ambiguity or error in the final judgment to permit amendment, the court lacks jurisdiction to alter the substance of its final judgment in these circumstances, and the plaintiff is bound by the clear concession made by her counsel to give credit for employees' compensation; accordingly the judgment stands and the application to change it is refused.

23 Jul 2010

THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF FINANCE BUILDING v. BRIGHT HILL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS CO LTD

Citation: THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF FINANCE BUILDING v. BRIGHT HILL MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS CO LTD
Court: Court of Appeal
Case number: CACV184/2002

The summons to amend the Court of Appeal judgment was dismissed because the Court's power to amend is limited to correcting accidental slips or omissions; the request to vary costs nisi and award indemnity costs was refused because the underlying interlocutory applications were remitted for rehearing and there was no basis to find the IO's conduct warranted indemnity costs; the application to declare the IO minutes invalid was an abuse of process as the matter was remitted to the Lands Tribunal; leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was refused because the proposed appeal did not raise…