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OR (d) OF THE INDORSEMENT OF CLAIM”.
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stated that OTC were acting as solicitors of Ms Chow, “a Defendant in
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these proceedings”.
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After the lodging of the last set of skeleton arguments
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pursuant to the Directions dated 10 July 2023, on 18 July 2023 OTC wrote
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to the Court asserting, inter alia, that Ms Chow had become a party within
the meaning of s.2 of High Court Ordinance, Cap 4 (“Ordinance”) in that
she was given notice of these proceedings on 23 June 2023. In addition,
the letter stated that Ms Chow would appear by counsel at the Hearing, and
that her counsel “will endeavour to file Skeleton Arguments before the
hearing, upon obtaining copies of the skeleton arguments for the [SJ] and
the amici curiae”.
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possible and not later than 12:30pm on 19 July 2023”.
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On 19 July 2023, DOJ wrote to Court, maintaining the SJ’s
position that Chow had no locus to participate in these proceedings.
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On the same day, the Court directed that it “would like to have
the [SJ’s] response to the letter of [OTC] dated 18 July 2023 as soon as
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Later on 19 July 2023, this Court gave the following
directions :
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“1. It is not at all clear from the letter of O Tse & Co. dated 18 July
2023 (Letter) why Ms Chow is a party to these proceedings,
especially when she had previously made clear that she is not
a defendant to these proceedings;
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