6 Jan 2020
LEUNG WAI LING ISEWESG v. SUCCESS BASE ENGINEERING LTD
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 202
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2/2019
The court exercised its discretion to permit the plaintiff to amend the amended statement of claim to plead forfeiture of the HK$133,500 rental deposit because the clause in the tenancy agreement expressly precluded application of the deposit to rent and treated early termination as abandonment of the right to its return, no unfair prejudice to the defendant was shown, and the defendant's counterclaim depended on a repudiation not accepted by the court; accordingly the judgment includes forfeiture of the deposit (HK$133,500), arrears of rent (HK$133,500) and mesne profits (HK$8,400), and the…