26 Sept 2024
香港平民屋宇有限公司 對 梁亞端
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 1588
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ5511/2023
The court held that (1) an applicant cannot use repeated or belated legal aid applications to indefinitely delay proceedings; absent good reason the statutory 42-day suspension should not be extended and DCCJ 5505 should be restored; (2) appeals from settlement/conciliation hearings must be reheard afresh by a judge but the settlement judge's limited jurisdiction must be respected—such judges may only adjourn, make consent orders, or direct progression; contested applications arising from a settlement hearing should be transferred to another judge without the settlement judge making substanti…