Li Fook Chu v. Chung Shau Ching

CACV001068A/2000

CACV 1068/2000

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 1068 OF 2000

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA 8549/1998)

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Coram: Hon. Rogers, VP and Le Pichon, JA in Court

Date of Hearing: 18 September 2001

Date of Judgment: 18 September 2001

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J U D G M E N T

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Hon Rogers VP:

1.This is an application for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal. It is an interlocutory matter.

2.The applicant must, of course, establish that the points to be decided are matters of great general or public importance. In my view, none have been advanced. The matter was a matter of practice and a matter of discretion. Try as Mr Remedios could, he could not find anything in the authorities to show that the Court's discretion could not be exercised in the way it was.

3.In those circumstances, this application should be dismissed.

Le Pichon JA:

4.I agree.

Representation:

Mr Leo Remedios, instructed by Messrs H H Lau & Co., for the Plaintiff/Applicant

Mr Russell Coleman, instructed by Messrs Haldanes, for the Defendant/Respondent