8 Jul 2020
SHEN YI v. GUOYUAN SECURITIES BROKERAGE (HONG KONG) LTD
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 1447
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1694/2019
Application dismissed because plaintiff failed to discharge the burden of adducing cogent and compelling evidence to justify the exceptional Norwich Pharmacal relief; contemporaneous and authenticated documents produced by defendant (notably the 5 September 2016 deposit of 25 million Merdeka shares with matching stamped purchase documentation reflected in account statements) materially undermined plaintiff's assertion that he never transacted and rendered the requested disclosure unnecessary at this stage; plaintiff can pursue inter-partes discovery in an action against the defendant and woul…