16 May 2011
HUI CHI MING v. KOON WING YEE AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HUI CHI MING v. KOON WING YEE AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1479/2009
The Master did not err. He heard substantive argument (c.40 minutes) and defendants failed to disclose the grounds of opposition that would justify leave to file affidavits; the prior Fok J decision concerned control over the Magical 2000 Trust only and did not decide alleged wider conduct or control of the 5th defendant or involvement of Easyknit entities, so issue estoppel did not apply; the police decision not to prosecute the 6th defendant does not extinguish the plaintiff's civil cause of action which can be proved on the civil standard; given the low threshold for joinder the Master was…