26 Aug 2024
SIR ELLY KADOORIE & SONS LTD (FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ITSELF, ITS CURRENT AND FORMER OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, INCLUDING ITS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES, MESSRS SIMMONS & SIMMONS) v. SAMANTHA JANE BRADLEY
- Citation
- [2024] HKCA 747
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV194/2023
The Court held the appeal, concluding the Court has jurisdiction to grant a free‑standing injunction restraining the defendant from continuing acts of harassment directed at the plaintiff's current and former officers, employees and agents; the plaintiff may bring the action as a representative claim because the plaintiff and the representees have the same interest for Order 15, r12 purposes; the plaintiff's claim for injunctive relief could not be struck out under interlocutory strike out procedures and the question whether a company can sue in the tort of harassment at common law is reasona…