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Enforcement of foreign assets
  • 2 Aug 2013

    CWG v. MH AND OTHERS

    Citation
    CWG v. MH AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP643/2012

    R2 was not permitted to be heard on the stay application because she lacked a sufficient present legal interest affecting the stay and it would be premature to hear her; alternatively R2 is in contempt for failing to comply with the Discovery Order in respect of items 6,8,9 and 12 of Schedule 1 and, applying Hadkinson principles and the Mubarak questions, the court exercised its discretion to prevent R2 from being heard on the Stay Application until she has complied in full with paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Discovery Order. Costs were awarded to the wife against R2 in the sum of HK$200,000 (cost…