15 Nov 2023
CCMD OVERSEAS LTD v. SINOM INVESTMENTS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 2912
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA903/2021
The court allowed the defendants to re-amend their defence because the proposed defence was not bound to fail and proportionality and justice favoured permitting the sole defence to be pleaded despite lateness; the court dismissed the application to admit fresh evidence because the defendants could with reasonable diligence have obtained the evidence earlier and reliance on inadequate advice from former solicitors does not satisfy the Ladd v Marshall first condition or constitute a special ground under RHC O.58 r.1(5).