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Civil procedure [2025] HKCFI 4681

GOLDEN HOUSE VENTURES LTD v. KWEK LENG SENG

The High Court dismissed the defendant’s appeal against refusal of security for costs, finding the plaintiff was outside Hong Kong but that security would be unjust in the circumstances.

  • Security for costs
  • Residence of company
  • Counterclaim impact on security
  • Jurisdictional enforcement
  • Security-for-costs
  • Counterclaim
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Civil procedure [2025] HKCFI 3812

LIAO CHEN TOH v. LOYAL INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES CO LTD AND OTHERS

Court of First Instance held pleadings were closed, granted assignment of a complex multi-party case to a trial judge, and adjourned amendment-related summonses.

  • Long case listing (pd 5.7)
  • Close of pleadings (o.18 r.20)
  • Amendment and joinder of parties
  • Service out of jurisdiction
  • Costs allocation
  • Long-case-listing
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Civil procedure [2024] HKCFI 3068

BEIJING SONGXIANGHU ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION ENGINEERING CO., LTD v. KITTY KAM also known as WANG YUZHI

The court granted a tailored unless order for non-compliance with a repatriation order and allowed limited leave to seek discovery in Singapore to trace funds.

  • Mareva injunction
  • Proprietary injunction
  • Repatriation order
  • Unless order (striking out)
  • Leave to commence foreign discovery
  • Foreign third party discovery
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Civil [2024] HKCFI 2040

CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP (IN LIQUIDATION) v. HUI KA YAN AND OTHERS

The court continued Mareva relief against Madam Ding, varied the asset disclosure deadline to 7 August 2024, lifted confidentiality orders, and allowed service out on CFO Pan.

  • Mareva injunction
  • Chabra mareva injunction
  • Asset disclosure deadlines
  • Variation of foreign order
  • Service out of jurisdiction
  • Lifting of confidentiality orders
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Company law [2024] HKCFI 1915

KE ZUNJU v. FUMA INTERNATIONAL LTD

The Court ordered a general meeting under s 570 of the Companies Ordinance, dispensed with notice, treated the plaintiff’s attendance as quorum, and dismissed stay-related summonses.

  • Court‑ordered general meeting
  • Impracticability to call meeting
  • Enforcement of arbitral award
  • Registration of share transfer
  • Stay of proceedings
  • Company-law
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Arbitration law [2024] HKCFI 773

G v. X AND OTHERS

The court granted a limited stay of enforcement of a Mainland arbitral award pending Beijing setting-aside proceedings, but tied it to any refusal of leave to appeal in Hong Kong.

  • Stay of enforcement
  • Setting aside arbitral award
  • Inherent jurisdiction
  • Abuse of process
  • Security/payment out
  • Stay-of-enforcement
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Civil procedure [2023] HKCA 601

SANG CHEOL WOO v. YOO SHIN CHOI (naturalized name CHARLES C. SPACKMAN)

The Court of Appeal ordered the appellant to provide HK$500,000 security for costs on an appeal arising from enforcement of a Korean judgment.

  • Security for costs
  • Mareva (worldwide freezing) injunction
  • Impecuniosity
  • Enforcement difficulty
  • Stay and dismissal of appeal
  • Security-for-costs
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Civil procedure [2021] HKCFI 3561

SETO SHA LI v. LAI JIN TONG AND ANOTHER

The court granted leave for a Taiwan-based witness to testify by video link, considering COVID-19 quarantine, concurrent Taiwan proceedings, and limited prejudice.

  • Video conferencing (vcf)
  • Witness testimony
  • Practice direction 29
  • Quarantine restrictions
  • Credibility assessment
  • Video-conferencing
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Company law [2021] HKCFI 1273

SCANTY INVESTMENT CO AND ANOTHER v. BRILLIANT FUNCTIONS LTD AND OTHERS

The Court dismissed a winding-up petition, ordered indemnity costs, and construed a prior undertaking broadly enough to cover proposed BVI unfair prejudice proceedings.

  • Winding-up
  • Unfairly prejudicial conduct
  • Undertakings to the court
  • Release of undertaking
  • Indemnity costs
  • Undertaking-to-court
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