22 Aug 2024
香港平民屋宇有限公司 對 馬媚媚
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 1392
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ5546/2023
The application to restore the stayed proceedings was refused because restoring piecemeal private-law processes at this preliminary stage would undermine the objectives of the case-management rules (efficiency, proportionality and fair resolution of disputes), risk duplication with potential judicial review proceedings, and prejudice defendants who raise arguable public law defences and lack resources; the court must consider the matters holistically and preserve the option of stay, consolidation, or transfer where appropriate.