29 Jan 2004
WONG POH GEAK AND OTHERS v. CHIN LAN HONG AND OTHERS
- Citation
- WONG POH GEAK AND OTHERS v. CHIN LAN HONG AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP3956/2002
The court applied equitable principles favouring beneficiary protection and transparency, exercised its discretion to order a determination/inquiry into the beneficial ownership of the three companies and ordered qualified discovery and affidavits of account for specified matters (with the word 'directly' inserted before 'evidencing' and removal of certain wide 'without prejudice' formulations). The court declined full inquiries for some items as premature, instead directing affidavits and limited discovery, and required parties to agree procedure and timetable; costs and detailed procedure t…