22 Nov 2019
LI CHI KONG PETER v. ALCOHOL COUNTERMEASURE SYSTEMS (HK) LTD
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2892
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA193/2016
The summons was dismissed because under s47 Evidence Ordinance hearsay is generally admissible in civil proceedings and exclusion prior to trial is justified only in limited cases; section 49 demonstrates that weight is context dependent and typically assessed at trial, and excising challenged passages would render witness evidence incomplete and prejudicial to the interests of justice; similarly makers of documents need not be compelled to attend absent issues of authenticity or demonstrable prejudice.