LAM PING v. LAM MAN KAI
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DCCJ5522/2002
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
CIVIL ACTION NO. 5522 OF 2002
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| BETWEEN | LAM PING | Plaintiff |
| and | ||
| LAM MAN KAI (林民楷) | Defendant | |
| and | ||
| 趙旗英 | Intended Party |
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Before: Deputy District Judge Frederick Chan in Chambers (Open to the public)
Date of Hearing: 16 October 2008
Date of Ruling: 16 October 2008
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R U L I N G
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1. For the purpose of the record, I have provided three authorities to the plaintiff to consider. The first one was Mullen v CanocoLimited [1998] QB 382, an English Court of Appeal decision. The second case was decided by the Hong Kong Court of Appeal in the decision of Lui Sik Kuen v Lee Suk Ling [1992] HKLR 371. The last case that I provided to the plaintiff’s solicitor was the Privy Council decision of de Lasala v de Lasala [1980] AC 546. It is the plaintiff’s submission that in any event, this court does not have the jurisdiction to deal with Madam Zhao’s appeal and her application to intervene in the present District Court suit.
2. Today, Madam Zhao, the appellant, did not appear. On the basis of the plaintiff’s application to dismiss the appeal under Order 32, Rule 5 of the Rules of the District Court, I grant the following orders, namely:
(1) The appeal of Madam Zhao be dismissed as she was absent at the hearing of her appeal.
(2) Costs of the appeal and today’s hearing be to the plaintiff and be paid by Madam Zhao, such costs to be taxed if not agreed by a District Court master.
| (Frederick Chan) | |
| Deputy District Judge |
Mr Waldnon, of Messrs Hampton, Winter & Glynn, for the Plaintiff
Intended Party, in person, absent