14 Sept 2005
MUNG CHI KEUNG v. CHAN KAM WONG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- MUNG CHI KEUNG v. CHAN KAM WONG AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC299/2005
Applicant had a reasonable excuse for not joining CHAN before trial but, once trial proceedings on 17–18 June 2003 made it likely CHAN was the employer, the applicant lacked a reasonable excuse for further delay; the delay of over 3 years beyond the 2-year limit was unreasonable and would cause real prejudice to ECAFB (loss of CHAN as witness/defendant and likely unjust default judgment), therefore discretion to extend time must be refused.