THE LIQUIDATORS OF WING FAI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) (Applicant (Respondent)) v YIP KWONG ROBERT (1st Respondent (1st Applicant))

Read the full judgment text of FAMV31/2010 on BabelCite. This Court of Final Appeal judgment was delivered on 21 January 2011 before Chief Justice Ma, Bokhary PJ, Chan PJ.

1. A number of questions arise which in our view merit consideration by the Court of Final Appeal: the extent to which the law relating to applications to strike out for want of prosecution has changed (if at all) following the changes brought about by the Civil Justice Reform and whether any differences in the law ought to apply to applications which were commenced prior to the coming into effect of the Civil Justice Reform changes.  There may be other related questions as well.  In these circu

Outcome: Leave to appeal granted.