28 Jul 2022
GOLF APPAREL BRANDS, INC.AND ANOTHER v. TONG PAT LING PATRICK AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 2332
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA10072/2000
Given the long period of inaction since 2003, the plaintiffs' failure to take substantive steps or instruct solicitors, the 2nd plaintiff having been struck off, the absence of any realistic intention to prosecute, and clear prejudice to the 1st defendant (including loss of contact with crucial witnesses and the continuing prejudice of the Mareva injunction), the court exercised its inherent jurisdiction to strike out the actions against the 1st defendant for want of prosecution, dismissed the plaintiffs' summary judgment application, discharged the Mareva injunction and vacated its Land Regi…