Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Alleged settlement agreement

Legal area

Court

5 Mar 2018

STARVIEW DEVELOPMENT LTD 對 KWAN GA FUEN JOHN

Citation

[2018] HKDC 228
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ2748/2015

Contemporaneous documentary evidence established twelve loans totalling HKD680,815.09 and the defendant failed to discharge the burden of proving the alleged 2014 settlement that would have extinguished his personal liability; accordingly judgment is entered for the plaintiff for the debt with pre- and post-judgment interest and costs.
29 Mar 2012

RE LI MAN HOO

Citation

RE LI MAN HOO
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCB5987/2011

The court found on the balance of probabilities that the debtors failed to prove any settlement agreement discharging the judgment debt, and that a bankruptcy petition is not an "action upon a judgment" for limitation purposes; accordingly the petitions were not statute-barred and bankruptcy orders were made against both debtors.