26 Jun 1990
C.S. LOW INVESTMENT LTD. AND OTHERS v. FRESHFIELDS(a firm)
- Citation
- C.S. LOW INVESTMENT LTD. AND OTHERS v. FRESHFIELDS(a firm)
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV184/1989
The appeal was allowed and the entire Statement of Claim was struck out because the pleadings were incurably defective and an abuse of process: negligence allegations lacked necessary particulars; serious allegations of partiality and secret profits were unsupported and abandoned; plaintiffs failed to plead or could not prove an actual conflict of duty causing loss or a causal connection between dual retainers and alleged breaches; uncontradicted affidavit evidence negated substance of claim; striking out under O.18 r.19 and the court's inherent jurisdiction was appropriate.