12 Jun 2019
PATRICK COWLEY AND ANOTHER (The Joint and Several Trustees in Bankruptcy of the Property of the Bankrupt) v. ALL POWERFUL HOLDING LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 1731
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCB104/2017
The court granted orders for production and related affidavit relief in respect of companies in category A and specified items in category E because the trustees demonstrated both that the documents were reasonably required to perform their functions and a prima facie case that the bankrupt retained power or control over those documents; the court refused orders for categories B, C and D where documents were likely out of the bankrupt's power or held by liquidators and the balancing exercise did not support compulsion; the bankrupt was ordered to provide specific information by affidavit with…