Read the full judgment text of CACV 000004/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 June 1999.
1. In September 1998, warrants of distress were issued for arrears of rent in respect of various premises in an industrial building in Kwai Chung. The warrants had been sought by the Plaintiff, Standard Chartered Bank ("the Bank"). The Defendants ("the lessees"), who were the lessees of the three sets of premises to which the warrants related ("the premises"), applied to the District Court for the discharge or suspension of the warrants. On 3rd November 1998, in a concise and well-argued judgmen