Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Asset preservation order

Legal area

Court

21 Apr 2026

MAK NGUN TAI, the Administrator Pendente Lite of the Estate of LO SIU FUNG, Deceased v. KOON JAMIS AND OTHERS

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 2146
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1359/2019

On the facts and the Probate judgment, the Court found a serious issue to be tried, accepted that tracing into mixed funds and an adverse inference were warranted, and that there was a real risk of dissipation and inadequacy of damages; accordingly the asset preservation order, Mareva injunction and ancillary disclosure order were granted and costs ordered to follow the event with HK$480,000 payable to the Plaintiff forthwith.
20 Jun 2025

INNA BAZHENOVA AND ANOTHER v. OOO SECURITIES (HK) GROUP LTD

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 2745
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2569/2024

Although there was a serious issue to be tried as to whether the shares were held or controlled by the Defendant, the court concluded that damages would be an adequate remedy and there was no basis to conclude the Defendant could not satisfy a monetary judgment; accordingly the court declined to exercise its discretion to grant a preservation order under O.29 r.2 and dismissed the preservation application.
28 Dec 2018

LI PING CHUN AND ANOTHER v. LIANG TONGHUA AND OTHERS

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 2757
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2239/2017

The court found the plaintiffs had a good arguable proprietary claim under s60 CPO because the timing and terms of the assignments to HW and KW were suspicious, went beyond the pleaded claims in earlier proceedings, involved nil consideration and occurred after judgment and interim orders; therefore the interim Mareva injunction and asset preservation order should continue to preserve assets pending determination, but the injunctions against HW and KW must be limited to restraint of dealing with the two Properties; asset disclosure should be ordered against TH only.
28 Sept 2002

MANDECLY LTD. AND ANOTHER v. HAO WEI AND OTHERS

Citation

MANDECLY LTD. AND ANOTHER v. HAO WEI AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1216/2002

There is a serious question to be tried concerning the unpaid RMB12,000,000 and the operation of the Letter of Undertaking; however, on balance of convenience an interlocutory injunction should be granted restraining the defendants from disposing or dealing with shares in the 3rd defendant, subject to a specific carve-out permitting the defendants to enter the disclosed RMB30,000,000 loan agreement with Hua Ke to enable payment to Xin Xing and possible discharge of the asset preservation order; other contested issues (including land grant fee liabilities and alleged misrepresentations and pen…

Hong Kong Case Law

MAK NGUN TAI, the Administrator Pendente Lite of the Estate of LO SIU FUNG, Deceased v. KOON JAMIS AND OTHERS

INNA BAZHENOVA AND ANOTHER v. OOO SECURITIES (HK) GROUP LTD

LI PING CHUN AND ANOTHER v. LIANG TONGHUA AND OTHERS

MANDECLY LTD. AND ANOTHER v. HAO WEI AND OTHERS