9 Sept 2010
WU CHING SAU v. NEW WORLD FIRST BUSSERVICES LTD
- Citation
- WU CHING SAU v. NEW WORLD FIRST BUSSERVICES LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI767/2009
The court held that the defendant's defence consisted of simple traverses/non-admissions and did not plead an affirmative case (pregnant negative) that would oblige it to give further and better particulars; therefore the FBP summons was dismissed. The court found the requested documents items 1-3 speculative and not sufficiently relevant or necessary for fair disposal, so specific discovery on those items was refused. However, given pre-action correspondence, an affirmation by a defendant's representative and post-accident maintenance of the bus, the plaintiff established a prima facie case…