Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Trial scheduling and case management

Legal area

Court

15 Oct 2025

CHOW LILY v. CHOW WAI WAI VIOLET AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 4898
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAP22/2019

The Leave Summons was dismissed because the plaintiff's complaints merely challenged the weight the trial judge gave to various factors rather than identifying any error of law or principle or a plainly wrong exercise of discretion; the intended appeal lacked a reasonable prospect of success given the high threshold for upsetting case management decisions and the real risk of trial over-run and unexplained delay.
26 Mar 2020

CHU KONG v. LAU WING YAN

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 497
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA228/2017

The summons to try the Companies petition and the related High Court actions together was dismissed because the petition was fixed for hearing with time reserved, the central issue in the petition was discrete and resolution at the petition hearing was more likely to reduce the scope of dispute in the less advanced High Court actions; accordingly there was no sensible reason to vacate the petition or consolidate the trials.
3 Jun 2013

SHAFQAT ALI v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE sued for and on behalf of CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Citation

SHAFQAT ALI v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE sued for and on behalf of CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ2852/2011

The court refused leave to amend paragraph 2(a) of the Amended Statement of Claim and to file the Supplemental Witness Statement insofar as they introduced a materially different factual matrix at the first day of trial because the amendments were late, raised a new story that would cause grave prejudice and likely require adjournment, and the plaintiff offered no adequate explanation; limited amendments to paragraphs 2(b) and 4 and the Amended Reply were allowed where the defendant did not object, and a separate supplemental witness statement was allowed in limited form to be filed within pr…

Hong Kong Case Law

CHOW LILY v. CHOW WAI WAI VIOLET AND ANOTHER

CHU KONG v. LAU WING YAN

SHAFQAT ALI v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE sued for and on behalf of CORRECTIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT