12 Feb 2010
SINO FAVOUR DEVELOPMENT LTD AND ANOTHER v. KAN WAI CHUNG AND OTHERS
- Citation
- SINO FAVOUR DEVELOPMENT LTD AND ANOTHER v. KAN WAI CHUNG AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1517/2005
The appeal was dismissed because the specific discovery application had to be assessed against the pleadings as they stood before the Master; the applicants failed to show the requested documents were relevant to issues raised in those pleadings or that they could not be obtained from a party (the plaintiffs), and the procedural requirements of Order 24 (r.7A and r.8(2)) were not met; consequently the Master was right to dismiss the application and an indemnity costs award was not warranted though alternative costs orders were appropriate.