Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Bankers' books orders

Legal area

Court

28 Aug 2025

SHAN JAU CHEN AND ANOTHER v. YULOOG TRADING CO LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 3888
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1243/2025

Grant interim‑interim restraining orders limited to asset preservation only because plaintiffs showed a real risk of dissipation (heightened by impending lapse of police LNC), the relief would cause no discernible prejudice to the 4th Defendant, and the plaintiffs' claims met provisional thresholds of serious issue and good arguable case; grant bankers' books orders as unopposed (with a discrete SCB limb adjourned to correct account details); refuse release from the implied undertaking because plaintiffs failed to demonstrate cogent and persuasive reasons and did not properly plead or prosecu…
2 Mar 2021

HWANG JOON SANG AND ANOTHER v. GOLDEN ELECTRONICS INC. AND OTHERS

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 544
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1529/2019

The court granted the disclosure orders sought: bankers' books disclosure (alternatively Norwich Pharmacal) against Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank (Hong Kong) for the accounts of the 1st and 2nd defendants for the period from each account opening to 31 May 2016, on the basis that there was a real prospect the information would assist tracing, plaintiffs gave appropriate undertakings, and the balance of convenience favoured disclosure; plaintiffs to reimburse the bank's reasonable costs and bear the agreed handling charges in this instance.
31 Jul 1985

ITP SYSTEMS N V v. ALAN F REICHENBACH AND ANOTHER

Citation

ITP SYSTEMS N V v. ALAN F REICHENBACH AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2218/1985

The summonses for discovery were dismissed because the plaintiff failed to identify with sufficient particularity the sums to be traced and provide the strong grounds required for a s21(1) bank disclosure; the application amounted to a fishing expedition given late and speculative amendments and the fact that the principal disputed sums are already frozen in a known account, therefore intrusive disclosure of the Nova Scotia account and Ka-Ka assets was not justified at this interlocutory stage.

Hong Kong Case Law

SHAN JAU CHEN AND ANOTHER v. YULOOG TRADING CO LTD AND OTHERS

HWANG JOON SANG AND ANOTHER v. GOLDEN ELECTRONICS INC. AND OTHERS

ITP SYSTEMS N V v. ALAN F REICHENBACH AND ANOTHER