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Agency/placement fee
  • 27 Dec 2017

    LIMING CAPITAL LTD v. CLSA LTD

    Citation
    LIMING CAPITAL LTD v. CLSA LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2055/2008

    The court found on the evidence that a verbal agreement of about 8 October 2007 existed providing for a 50% split; the defendant's late reduction to 40% in the 17 October 2007 written agreement was procured by illegitimate pressure amounting to economic duress in the circumstances and therefore that reduction was of no legal effect; the share payment variation used the placement price as the valuation basis and the defendant's obligation to transfer arose when it could effect transfer (found to be 13 December 2007); defendant's delayed delivery caused quantifiable loss and plaintiff entitled…