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Topic

Annulment under section 33(1)(a)

Legal area

Court

15 Dec 2025

RE LU ZHONGLOU

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 6165
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCB1119/2025

The petitioner possessed and/or should have disclosed material information about the debtor's alternative Hong Kong addresses and Australian contact details and intention to migrate; those facts were relevant to the court's weighing when granting leave to present the petition and a substituted service order. The non-disclosure was material and fatal to the leave and substituted service order; therefore the petition was irregularly presented and the bankruptcy order must be annulled under s33(1)(a).
13 Mar 2017

RE CHAN CHI LOI

Citation

RE CHAN CHI LOI
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCB8632/2006

The summons was dismissed because the Debtor failed to introduce any new facts or evidence; the issues raised had been finally determined in prior proceedings making the application res judicata and an abuse of process; accordingly s33(1)(a) was not satisfied and there was no legal basis for damages.