22 Jan 2020
WONG LUEN HANG AND ANOTHER v. TOPMIX (INTERNATIONAL) CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 245
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1064/2019
Plaintiffs established a proper purpose and a sufficiently reasonable case for investigation under s740 because auditors' disclaimers and defendants' inconsistent and inadequate explanations created a reasonable suspicion of irregularity in legal expenses, director loans and transactions with FRL; defendants failed to show the documents would be produced in discovery after prolonged litigation. The court therefore exercised its discretion to order targeted production of documents relevant to those three issues and refused broader wholesale inspection requests.