10 Apr 2014
GRANT THORNTON INTERNATIONAL LTD AND OTHERS v. TANG CHUNG WAH AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- GRANT THORNTON INTERNATIONAL LTD AND OTHERS v. TANG CHUNG WAH AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV193/2013
Special circumstances for security were established: defendants admitted impecuniosity and have a consistent history of unpaid costs and judgments (including non-payment of an enforced arbitration award and taxed costs), no evidence of substantial enforceable assets in Hong Kong, and the practical difficulty and undue delay in enforcing costs justified security. The defendants failed to demonstrate countervailing factors sufficient to outweigh those circumstances. Accordingly security for costs in the sum of HK$250,000 was ordered and the appeal stayed pending lodgement; default renders the a…