The developer who wants to build a controversial high-rise in Mei Foo Sun Chuen failed a second time to get an interim injunction against protesters blocking the construction site.
In the Court of First Instance, Deputy Judge Queeny Au Yeung Kwai-yue ruled again that Billion Star Development had failed to show urgency for the court to grant an interim injunction. The court first rejected the developer's application on April 29. Yesterday, it refused to grant leave to appeal over that decision.
Billion Star, which residents believe is backed by New World Development, has sought to end the protests that have halted work at the site since March, including a lie-down demonstration that drew 500 people.
The developer failed to show urgency by not applying to fast-track the hearing date, set for December 19, the judge said. The court will decide after a three-day hearing in December whether to grant the developer an injunction against the protesters, and to award HK$1.4 million it claims to have lost from delays in construction.
One of the 10 named defendants, Yip Siu-chau, said outside the court they were happy with the decision.
But the developer succeeded in keeping a category of 'unnamed defendants' - those who entered the site without permission and who interfered with the developer's access.
