13 Mar 2015
RYDER INDUSTRIES LTD (FORMERLY SAITEK LTD) v. CHAN SHUI WOO
- Citation
- RYDER INDUSTRIES LTD (FORMERLY SAITEK LTD) v. CHAN SHUI WOO
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV164/2013
Leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal is granted on the 'as of right' limb because Saitek’s claims against Timely and Chan are quantified and the unquantified counterclaim does not operate to exclude the as-of-right jurisdiction; leave under the public importance limb is refused because the contested legal issues are either not novel in Hong Kong or are fact‑specific. Order 22 sanctions operate primarily to affect costs of proceedings below; sanctioned offers made below do not automatically entitle a party to indemnity costs of the appeal, but the sanctioned offers must be taken into a…