23 Jan 2017
HUNG HING ENGINEERING CO LTD v. HUNG WAI MING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HUNG HING ENGINEERING CO LTD v. HUNG WAI MING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ3959/2014
The court exercised its discretion to allow the defendants to amend their Amended Defence & Counterclaim because doing so would enable determination of the real controversy between the parties, but only on strict terms to mitigate prejudice: defendants must pay into court the full amount claimed by plaintiff (HKD 575,317.12) and pay plaintiff's costs of and thrown away by the amendments and any adjournment; payments are to remain in court pending final disposal; if defendants fail to comply with the payment condition (late or non-payment), the summons to amend will be dismissed and the trial…