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  • 4 Jun 2004

    YUEN OI YEE LISA v. TSE MEI PO, MABLE AND OTHERS

    Citation
    YUEN OI YEE LISA v. TSE MEI PO, MABLE AND OTHERS
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ7258/2003

    Judge found the plaintiff had abused the court's process by instituting multiple separate defamation actions to obtain collateral advantages (apologies/evidence for other litigation and reopening of EOC inquiry) and to aggravate defendants' costs and coerce settlement; however because there was a prima facie cause of action and the proceedings could be put on the right track, the proper remedy was to stay the seven District Court actions pending consolidation with related proceedings rather than dismiss them; the plaintiff was ordered to pay defendants' costs with certificate for counsel, tax…

  • 4 Jun 2004

    YUEN OI YEE LISA v. LEUNG YIK HONG, FRED AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    YUEN OI YEE LISA v. LEUNG YIK HONG, FRED AND ANOTHER
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ7257/2003

    The court found the plaintiff had abused the process by instituting multiple separate defamation actions to obtain collateral advantages (apologies/admissions to use against Heath and to reopen the EOC inquiry) and to aggravate defendants' costs and coerce settlement; because a prima facie defamation cause existed the proper remedy was to stay the seven proceedings to permit consolidation with related actions rather than dismiss them, and to order the plaintiff to pay the defendants' costs of the applications to be taxed and paid forthwith.