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Yat Tung Investment Co Ltd v Dao Heng Bank Ltd

[1975] AC 581; [1975] 2 WLR 690; [1975] HKLR 416 (PC, on appeal from Hong Kong)

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the Supreme Court of Hong Kong)

Year1975

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

It is an abuse of process to raise in later proceedings matters which could and should have been litigated in earlier proceedings (the extended Henderson v Henderson principle), giving rise to a wider form of estoppel.

Area of Law

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