Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 4720/2011 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 5 October 2012.
1. This Decision arises out of a not uncommon “neighbour dispute” in Hong Kong: water leaks. Before attending to that, the first business before this court was the defendant’s summons to extend the time for filing and service of the affirmation on its behalf, opposing the plaintiffs’ application for summary judgment. The time sought to be extended (by Mr Toby Brown, of Messrs Kennedys, appearing for the defendant) was for a further two hours. Pursuant to the order of Master KK Pang dated 19 J