17 Feb 2006
TSUI KOON WAH v. DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE
- Citation
- TSUI KOON WAH v. DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2938/2003
Appeal dismissed because plaintiff failed to establish good grounds to vary the prior consent order: he did not demonstrate irreparable prejudice from loss of witnesses given failure to serve witness statements and absence of steps to obtain them; delay in the related defamation action was largely attributable to the plaintiff's late amendment applications and unsettled pleadings; substantial factual and evidential overlap justified the sequencing; and there was no cogent basis to require a different judge due to payment into court.