29 Feb 2008
TANG HON TSAI v. KIN CHI TRADING CO LTD
- Citation
- TANG HON TSAI v. KIN CHI TRADING CO LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1696/1996
The court found the plaintiff's delay in prosecuting assessment for over ten years was inordinate and inexcusable given continued legal representation and inadequate explanations; the delay caused likely irreparable prejudice to the defendant because witnesses and surveyors could no longer recall or verify findings and relevant evidence had been lost, so the court exercised its inherent jurisdiction to permanently stay the proceedings rather than dismiss them outright given an interlocutory judgment on liability.