plaintiff:
- Dr Paul KI Ping-ki
- Hong Kong Washington Company

defendant:
- Next Magazine Publishing Ltd
- CHEUNG Kim-hung
- Toppan Printing Co (HK) Ltd
- YEUNG Wai-hong
- LEE Kwong-fung

case_reason: >
  Appeal against the decision refusing leave to appeal out of time from a Registrar's order 
  that allowed the 1st defendant to set off debt owed by Dr Ki against a judgment sum of 
  $200,100 awarded to the plaintiffs in a defamation action.

judgment_summary: >
  The Court of Appeal dismissed Dr Ki's appeal. The court held that Dr Ki had an inordinate 
  delay of over 7 months without reasonable excuse in seeking leave to appeal the Registrar's 
  order. The Registrar had correctly determined that Next Magazine Publishing Ltd was entitled 
  to set off taxed costs from a previous defamation action against damages awarded to Dr Ki 
  in the current defamation action, pursuant to Section 35 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance. The 
  court found no merit in Dr Ki's proposed appeal and upheld the judge's refusal to grant 
  extension of time. Appeal dismissed with costs.

jurisdiction_code: >
  HKCA

jurisdiction_name: >
  Court of Appeal of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

case_location:
- High Court
- Court of Appeal
- Hong Kong

case_object:
- Judgment sum of $200,100
- Taxed costs of $906,185.40
- Proof of debt

judgment_result:
- allegation_content: Appeal against refusal to grant leave to appeal out of time from Registrar's order allowing set-off
  established: N
- allegation_content: Defendants committed contempt of court by disobeying Official Receiver's order
  established: N
- allegation_content: Registrar did not have jurisdiction to overturn Official Receiver's order
  established: N

involved_entities:
- name: Official Receiver
  state_reasons: Acted as trustee in bankruptcy of Dr Ki and issued opinion that damages did not form part of bankruptcy estate
- name: Registrar Chu
  state_reasons: Made the original order on 30 May 1999 allowing set-off of debt against judgment sum
- name: Yuen J
  state_reasons: Judge who refused Dr Ki's application for leave to appeal out of time on 2 May 2000
- name: Hon Leong JA
  state_reasons: Justice of Appeal who heard the appeal
- name: Woo JA
  state_reasons: Justice of Appeal who delivered the judgment of the Court