RE OCEAN JET DEVELOPMENT CO LTD

RE OCEAN JET DEVELOPMENT CO LTD

The documentary evidence supporting ZJB's claim was substantial and contemporaneous; the Company failed to demonstrate a bona fide dispute on substantial grounds. Accordingly ZJB was entitled to be substituted as petitioner, the amended petition should stand and not be struck out, and the strike-out summons was...

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Citation
RE OCEAN JET DEVELOPMENT CO LTD
Parties
Applicant to Be Substituted as Petitioner: Zhang Jia Bian; Original Petitioner (consented to Withdraw): Hong Kong Win Mode Industries Limited; Respondent (company): Ocean Jet Development Company Limited
Court
Court of First Instance
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
9 February 2006
Case Number
HCCW440/2005
Procedural Posture
Companies (winding Up) / Interlocutory Applications: Substitution of Petitioner and Strike Out Summons (decision)
Outcome
Application to substitute ZJB as petitioner granted; strike-out summons dismissed; amended petition reinstated for hearing
Legal Topics
Substitution of Petitioner, Striking Out Winding Up Petition, Bona Fide Dispute of Debt, Costs Orders
Source Language
en
Company Law Insolvency Civil Procedure Substitution of Petitioner Striking Out Winding Up Petition Bona Fide Dispute of Debt Costs Orders

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Parties

Zhang Jia Bian

Applicant to Be Substituted as Petitioner

Hong Kong Win Mode Industries Limited

Original Petitioner (consented to Withdraw)

Ocean Jet Development Company Limited

Respondent (company)

Procedural Posture

Companies (winding Up) / Interlocutory Applications: Substitution of Petitioner and Strike Out Summons (decision)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether Zhang Jia Bian may be substituted as petitioner in place of HK Win Mode
  2. 2 Whether the amended petition discloses a good arguable debt or is liable to be struck out for bona fide dispute on substantial grounds
  3. 3 Whether HK Win Mode had locus to present the petition and whether petition was frivolous, vexatious or abuse of process

Ratio Decidendi

The documentary evidence supporting ZJB's claim was substantial and contemporaneous; the Company failed to demonstrate a bona fide dispute on substantial grounds. Accordingly ZJB was entitled to be substituted as petitioner, the amended petition should stand and not be struck out, and the strike-out summons was dismissed with costs ordered against the Company.

Court Disposition

Application to substitute ZJB as petitioner granted; strike-out summons dismissed; amended petition reinstated for hearing

Orders

  • ZJB substituted as petitioner in place of Hong Kong Win Mode Industries Limited
  • ZJB to file and serve an amended petition as per the draft annexed to the summons within 3 days