24 Dec 2007
WONG YU CHO ROLLY t/a MARCO POLO and CHINA OVERSEA TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT v. LOUIE WONG
- Citation
- WONG YU CHO ROLLY t/a MARCO POLO and CHINA OVERSEA TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT v. LOUIE WONG
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ2930/2007
The court applied the settled principle that a litigant and his legal representative owe no duty to correct an opponent's mistaken litigation decisions, held that government counsel acting for a party does not owe any special higher duty to an opposing lay litigant, and found the procedural steps taken were proper under the Rules; therefore each claim disclosed no reasonable cause of action and was frivolous and vexatious and must be struck out.
- Duty of care between litigants
- Immunity of judges
- Professional duty of government counsel
- Striking out for frivolous or vexatious claims
- Taxation of costs on discontinuance