THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED v KUAN TAO-SHENG, KOON KING-CHUNG(also known as KOON KING-CHUNG, JOHN)AND DORKIU LIMITED

Read the full judgment text of CACV 000101/1997 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 17 February 1998.

1. These appeals by the 1st and 2nd defendants (who are father and son respectively) are against the dismissal by Jerome Chan J on 7 May 1997 of their applications to strike out the plaintiff's claim for want of prosecution. The plaintiff is a bank and sues the defendants as guarantors of the debts of Engstrong Ltd (Engstrong).