Read the full judgment text of HCA 003023/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 15 October 1997.
1. In December 1996, the plaintiff applied to the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for a project grant. This application was considered and refused. The plaintiff was not happy with this decision. He issued a writ against the defendants, who are the members of the Visual Arts Committee of the Council. The defendants applied to strike out the statement of claim on the grounds that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action. They also complained that it was frivolous, vexatious and abuse of the