Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Contempt procedure

Legal area

Court

16 Sept 2021

SZETO KWOK HUNG ROQUE v. SZETO KWOK KWONG BERNARD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 2802
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2596/2017

The summonses were dismissed because the reliefs sought either fell within the exclusive statutory jurisdiction of the Guardianship Board or Mental Health Court under the Mental Health Ordinance, or were procedurally defective, lacked evidential support and amounted to abuse of process; accordingly the High Court would not grant the substantive or interlocutory reliefs and granted indemnity costs against the plaintiff.
10 Jul 2020

NPYJ v. SMRC

Citation

[2020] HKFC 136
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC9098/2018

The court allowed slip-rule amendments limited to correcting typographical errors (spelling of proposed experts), substituting Affirmations/Affidavits, inserting the full carpark address and amending costs wording to reflect the courts manifest intention, but refused substantive additions or new obligations (bank statements, cancellation/publication/apology, compliance orders) and dismissed the Respondents application to vary costs orders because those orders were perfected or reserved and the Respondents grounds did not fall within the narrow permissible categories to revisit sealed order…
2 Mar 2020

WILLIAM A BRANDT, JR, THE CHAPTER 11 OF CFG PERU INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (SINGAPORE) v. THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LTD

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 333
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP134/2018

The court held that the complained passages did not contravene Practice Direction 25.2, that the Trustee was entitled to rely on and refer to evidence lawfully obtained and filed in the Chapter 11 proceedings (and already read by the US judge), that the proviso in the 6 June 2018 order permitted use of lawfully obtained material, and that HSBC's interlocutory application dated 16 July 2019 must be dismissed; a finding of contempt would require separate proceedings and was not appropriate on the summons before the court.

Hong Kong Case Law

SZETO KWOK HUNG ROQUE v. SZETO KWOK KWONG BERNARD AND OTHERS

NPYJ v. SMRC

WILLIAM A BRANDT, JR, THE CHAPTER 11 OF CFG PERU INVESTMENTS PTE LTD (SINGAPORE) v. THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LTD