11 Jul 2025
GOOD FORTUNE CREDIT LTD v. MAN KWAI HING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2025] HKDC 1240
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCMP1510/2020
The Court found it retained jurisdiction: defendants, by conduct and by running a positive case in this court and by prior procedural steps, had effectively admitted the factual threshold that the least of annual rent, rateable value or annual value was below $320,000; the Rating Department letter did not conclusively defeat jurisdiction. Accordingly the strike‑out and transfer applications were dismissed. The application to amend the Defence was refused because it was very late, the explanation for lateness was unsatisfactory, the proposed amendments were substantive and would cause unfair p…