Empire Wisdom Ltd v. Mak Chung Fu and Others
Read the full judgment text of HCA 821/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 December 2019.
1. The plaintiff applied for summary judgment against the 1 st and 2 nd defendants for sums due and payable under guarantees executed by them. The Master granted conditional leave to defend. Both the plaintiff, and the 1 st and 2 nd defendants, appealed against the Master’s decision. This is the hearing of their appeals.
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HCA 821/2018 [2020] HKCFI 54 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE ACTION NO 821 OF 2018 ____________
____________ Before: Deputy High Court Judge Paul Lam SC in Chambers Date of Hearing: 9 December 2019 Date of Decision: 9 December 2019 Date of Reasons for Decision: 2 January 2020 ________________________ REASONS FOR DECISION ________________________ 1.The plaintiff applied for summary judgment against the 1st and 2nd defendants for sums due and payable under guarantees executed by them. The Master granted conditional leave to defend. Both the plaintiff, and the 1st and 2nd defendants, appealed against the Master’s decision. This is the hearing of their appeals. 2.The 1st and 2nd defendants were absent at this hearing. I therefore dismissed their appeal. 3.As the 1st and 2nd defendants failed to comply with the condition imposed by the Master, judgment had already been entered against them. Hence, I granted leave to the plaintiff to withdraw its appeal. 4.As to costs, I ordered that the costs of and incidental to the notices of appeal filed by the plaintiff, and the 1st and 2nd defendants (including the costs of this hearing) be paid by the 1st and 2nd defendants to the plaintiff. I assessed the costs summarily at HK$300,000.
Mr Vincent Chen, instructed by Ince & Co, for the plaintiff Both the 1st and 2nd defendants were not represented and did not appear | |||||||||||||||||||||||||