2 May 2003
PHOON LEE PILING CO LTD AND ANOTHER v. THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Citation
- PHOON LEE PILING CO LTD AND ANOTHER v. THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV303/2002
The Court of Appeal held the master and deputy judge were correct to strike out the defamation and malicious falsehood pleadings because they were defectively pleaded and the defendant's material did not establish fraud or perjury that would preclude the strike out; the disqualification application failed because prior adverse judicial decisions did not meet the Porter v Magill test for real possibility of bias; the appellants abandoned the appeal by leaving and failing to prosecute and the appeal was therefore dismissed; the Vice‑President's refusal to disqualify was proper and the appellant…