CHAN CHUN HOO v. WADDINGTON LTD

bjbj FAMV No. 16 of 2007

IN THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO. 16 OF 2007 (CIVIL) (ON APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FROM CACV NO. 220 OF 2005) _____ Between:

CHAN CHUN HOO Applicant - and -

WADDINGTON LIMITED (Suing on behalf of itself and all other shareholders in PLAYMATES HOLDINGS LIMITED except the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Defendants) Respondent _____ Appeal Committee: Mr Justice Bokhary PJ, Mr Justice Chan PJ and Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ Date of Hearing: 4 June 2007 Date of Determination: 4 June 2007

D E T E R M I N A T I O N Mr Justice Bokhary PJ : We grant leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal under the question of great general or public importance limb of s.22(1)(b) of the Court s statute, doing so in regard to the first two questions set out in para.10 of the applicant s Notice of Motion but not in regard to the third question set out in that paragraph. In other words, the leave which we grant is confined to the reflective loss and multiple derivative action issues. (Kemal Bokhary) (Patrick Chan) (RAV Ribeiro) Permanent Judge Permanent Judge Permanent Judge Mr Victor Joffe QC, Mr Martin Lee SC and Mr Hectar Pun (instructed by Messrs Fairbairn Catley Low & Kong) for the applicant Mr Benjamin Yu SC and Miss Eva Sit (instructed by Messrs Kao, Lee & Yip) for the respondent

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