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Topic

Pleading deficiencies

Legal area

Court

19 Aug 2015

WONG SEE LUNG v. PANG KWONG TING

Citation

WONG SEE LUNG v. PANG KWONG TING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA716/2012

The court refused the certificate for two counsel because the dispute was essentially a straightforward factual issue with no difficult point of law and any complexity resulted from the plaintiff's own confused pleading and presentation; consequently the costs order nisi was made absolute and the counterclaim was dismissed with costs to the plaintiff on a party-party basis.
9 Jul 2012

AXA CHINA REGION INSURANCE CO LTD v. LIN KWAI YING KATIE

Citation

AXA CHINA REGION INSURANCE CO LTD v. LIN KWAI YING KATIE
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1228/2011

The judge held that pleading deficiencies were substantive rather than merely technical, so there was no reason to depart from the ordinary rule that costs follow the event; accordingly the defendant was awarded the costs of the strike out application and those costs were to be assessed on a party-and-party basis.
14 May 2002

LEUNG KIN MING v. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

Citation

LEUNG KIN MING v. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA315/2002

The Statement of Claim disclosed no cause of action known to law and was not properly formulated; accordingly the court struck out the Statement of Claim and dismissed the action.