Yuk Ming Cheung v Office of Intercollegiate Services & Ors
| Court | King's Bench Division |
| Judge | District Judge Maddison |
| Judgment Date | 09 May 2025 |
| Neutral Citation | [2025] EWHC 1109 (KB) |
| Date | 09 May 2025 |
| Year | 2025 |
CLAIM NO: KB-2024-BHM-000143
Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1109 (KB)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT REGISTRY
33 Bull Street
Birmingham
B4 6DS
Date: 9 May 2025
Before:
District Judge Maddison
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Between:
Mr Yuk Ming Cheung
Claimant
- and -
Office of Intercollegiate Services (1)
Downing College Cambridge (2)
Ms Imogen Proud (3)
HCR Hewitsons (4)
Mr Michael Armitage (5)
Defendants
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The Claimant did not attend and was not represented
Ms H Evans KC (counsel instructed by Beale & Co Solicitors LLP) for the 1st, 2nd & 4th
Defendants
Ms L Colter (counsel instructed by Clyde & Co LLP) for the 3rd & 5th Defendants
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Hearing date: 11 March 2025
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APPROVED JUDGMENT
This judgment was circulated to the parties in draft on 14 April 2025, handed down at a
hearing on 9 May 2025 and subsequently published to the National Archives
Introduction
1. This judgment follows a hearing on 11 March 2025, when I heard the following four
applications (set out in chronological order):
a. The first, second and fourth defendants’ application for strike out/summary
judgment, dated 25 September 2024;
b. The claimant’s application, dated 25 October 2024, to vary my order made on
3 October 2024;
c. The third and fifth defendants’ application for strike out/summary judgment,
dated 28 October 2024; and
d. The claimant’s application to adjourn the hearing on 11 March 2025, dated 10
March 2025, listed as a preliminary issue at the hearing.
2. The claimant did not attend the hearing and was not represented. The defendants were
each represented by counsel. Ms Evans KC represented the first, second and fourth
defendants and Ms Colter represented the third and fourth defendants.
3. The following material was provided to me for the hearing:
a. A main hearing bundle consisting of 1176 pages;
b. A supplementary hearing bundle consisting of 103 pages;
c. A defendants’ authorities bundle consisting of 616 pages;
d. Three sets of written submissions from the claimant totalling 56 pages (filed
on 10 March 2025);
e. A claimant’s authorities bundle consisting of 355 pages;
f. The claimant’s application to adjourn the hearing on 11 March 2025, sent to
the court by e-mail on 10 March 2025 at 2.59pm;
g. Two further e-mails sent to the court by the claimant on 10 March 2025 at
4.34pm and 5.00pm;
h. A bundle of recently exchanged documents (sent to me on the morning of the
hearing by the solicitor for the first, second and fourth defendants) consisting
of 30 pages; and
i. A statement of Mr Andrew James Pickavant, solicitor for the third and fourth
defendants (also sent on the morning of the hearing) dated 11 March 2025.
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