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Debtor examination
  • 16 Jun 2006

    LAFARGE S.A. AND OTHERS v. CONTINENTAL CEMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    LAFARGE S.A. AND OTHERS v. CONTINENTAL CEMENT CORPORATION AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCT33/2006

    The court continued the Mareva injunction, granted the prohibition order against the 2nd Defendant and ordered debtor examination because there was no convincing material non-disclosure, it was not an abuse to seek enforcement in Hong Kong where the award has been made enforceable as a Hong Kong judgment, comity supports maximising assistance to enforce international arbitral awards, there was evidence of a real risk of dissipation and the medical evidence did not justify refusing detention, and an ancillary prohibition was necessary to prevent the defendant leaving the jurisdiction and rende…