17 Nov 2003
SUN JIANQIANG v. TRANS-ISLAND LIMOUSINE SERVICE LTD
- Citation
- SUN JIANQIANG v. TRANS-ISLAND LIMOUSINE SERVICE LTD
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV20/2003
Appeal allowed. The Ruling that acceptance of the payment in entitled the applicant to judgment on liability was erroneous; payment into court under Rule 20(1) does not automatically admit liability and, where acceptance occurred outside Order 22 r 3(1)'s 14-day period, the court should have controlled the process; the judge should have exercised her jurisdiction to reopen and reverse the Ruling and accordingly paragraphs (1)-(3) of the District Court order were set aside and substituted with orders granting leave to accept, payout and staying further proceedings; costs orders otherwise uphel…