10 Dec 2008
JOHN SIMPSON WARHAM AND OTHERS v. CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- JOHN SIMPSON WARHAM AND OTHERS v. CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP4400/2001
The judge struck out the specified passages because they were irrelevant to the narrow pleaded factual issues, or constituted inadmissible hearsay, impermissible lay opinion or unpermitted expert evidence or legal submissions; the trial must be confined to pleaded issues and reasonable background, and the strike out summonses were allowed in full with costs against the plaintiffs.
- Wrongful/unfair dismissal
- Trade union activities
- Strike out of pleadings/witness statements
- Hearsay
- Opinion evidence vs expert evidence
- Costs