7 Jan 2026
GORDON DAVID MICHAEL GEORGE OLDHAM (AS RECEIVER OF THE 3,000 ORDINARY SHARES IN WDI INTERNATIONAL (HK) LIMITED REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF MELVIN WAXMAN) v. WDI INTERNATIONAL (HK) LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2026] HKCFI 275
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP935/2025
The receiver, Mr Gordon Oldham, has no locus standi to present the petition because he is neither a registered nor a past member and no personal cause of action vests in him; however OLN, appointed administrator ad colligenda bona and the personal representative, has locus and substitution could cure the defect. The court will not resolve merits at this stage but ordered evidence-directed procedures to determine whether the petition is plainly and obviously doomed to fail before permitting substitution. Costs for the preliminary locus issue are awarded against Oldham to Mr Li, to be summarily…