26 Apr 2024
ANGELA BARKHOUSE, THE OFFICIAL LIQUIDATOR OF BRIDGE GLOBAL ABSOLUTE RETURN FUND SPC (IN OFFICIAL LIQUIDATION) v. LEADING SECURITIES COMPANY LTD (formerly known as CRIC SECURITIES COMPANY LTD) AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 1160
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP322/2024
The court recognised the Cayman winding up and the appointment of the official liquidator and, exercising its common law power to assist foreign office‑holders, granted tailored assistance necessary for the Liquidator to perform her functions in Hong Kong by conferring specific powers and ordering production of documents from D1–D3 within defined times (with reasonable modifications). The court declined to make open‑ended orders under s.286B and s.186 CWUMPO where unnecessary or inappropriate, and refused to adjourn the entire production against D3 to the Cayman court while carving out audit…