19 Mar 2010
CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ SHANGHAI BRANCH v. CHINA TEXTILE MACHINERY CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CREDIT AGRICOLE INDOSUEZ SHANGHAI BRANCH v. CHINA TEXTILE MACHINERY CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA651/2003
The court held Ord.15 r.7(2) is to be applied flexibly and that substitution can be ordered without a rigid requirement of a conclusive determination of locus standi at the interlocutory stage; the 2nd defendant was permitted to adduce further expert evidence on French and Mainland law despite delay and the court granted the 2nd defendant's substitution application; costs in respect of the 2nd defendant's applications were ordered nisi against the plaintiff.