Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Freezing injunction

Legal area

Court

17 Apr 2026

HAMISH SCOTT MURPHY v. YOKO ISHIBASHI

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 2300
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP494/2026

Broad Banker's Books disclosure sought to 'police' the Mareva injunction was refused because there was no evidence the defendant had breached the injunction and third‑party discovery for policing is impermissible; however a narrowly tailored order directing HSBC to produce a bank statement showing the balance of the frozen account as at 27 March 2026 was justified, not oppressive, and ordered subject to the plaintiff's undertaking limiting use pending the Japanese appeal.
3 Mar 2026

HOU HSIAO BING v. REN BAOGEN

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 1255
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1657/2019

The court directed that no leave is required to appeal the Amendment and Dismissal Order because it is a final order; granted leave to appeal the Injunction Order on Ground 1 in the interests of justice so the two appeals can be dealt with together; found that there was a reasonable evidential basis for a real risk of dissipation justifying an injunction but the injunction ceiling should be reduced rather than discharged; and ordered costs following the grant of leave subject to a costs order nisi of 80% in favour of the Plaintiff.
7 Jan 2025

NT PHARMA PACIFIC COMPANY LTD v. NT PHARMA INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 229
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2711/2024

Interim injunction refused because the applicant did not provide a full and frank picture to the court, there was inordinate delay negating urgency, there was no evidence that the non‑resident 2nd and 3rd defendants have assets in Hong Kong or a risk of dissipation, and the evidence suggested the matter may be a shareholder dispute; defendants must be allowed to file evidence and the matter adjourned for full argument.
30 Sept 2024

VIOLET PASSION HOLDINGS LTD v. LIAN YI

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 2684
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1981/2020

Substituted service on Ling & Lawyers was permitted because the Plaintiff had exhausted reasonable means to serve the Defendant, Ling & Lawyers had acted for the Defendant in Hong Kong on a related matter and therefore had a realistic ability to bring the specified documents to her attention; the order is limited to specified documents, provides indemnity for compliance and liberty to Ling & Lawyers to apply to set aside within a fixed period, and includes service by email to two known addresses.
8 Dec 2023

DAVID SUBOTIC AND OTHERS v. SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION

Citation

[2023] HKCFA 40
Court

Court of Final Appeal
Case number

FACV4/2023

The Court held that O 11 r 1(2) applied to the SFC's claims so leave under O 11 r 1(1)(f) was irrelevant, dismissed the appeal, and exercised its discretion to order that costs follow the event: the appellants must pay the SFC's costs including those of the leave application and costs submissions.
22 Jun 2022

CABLE, BRADLEY PAUL v. RED BRIDGE UNIVERSAL LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 1911
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1877/2021

The plaintiff established sufficient relevance under s.21 EO because the HSBC accounts were likely to contain material on fund flows and identities of wrongdoers for the period 31 Oct 2019 to 30 Apr 2020; privacy concerns did not outweigh the need to trace the funds; accordingly a targeted disclosure order against HSBC was granted together with limited leave to use the material for tracing and legal proceedings and orders for costs.
29 Apr 2022

HUI (ANNIE) GUO v. YUEDONG XU AND OTHERS

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 1331
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCL3/2019

A short, fixed extension was justified to allow the plaintiff a fair opportunity to obtain documents, but an open‑ended extension was refused because the plaintiff had prior opportunity to act, had not acted with due haste, and further delay would cause undue prejudice to the 4th and 5th defendants. Accordingly the court granted a limited extension and made an unless order debaring the plaintiff from taking out interlocutory applications unless they are filed by 20 May 2022.
22 Mar 2021

ESSILOR MANUFACTURING (THAILAND) CO, LTD v. CHAO FENG CHU (17th Defendant) and 44 others

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 770
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA159/2020

Service on D17 by substituted service in Taiwan was valid; D17 did not appear; plaintiff proved that transfers were fictitious and unauthorized, producing unjust enrichment of D17; accordingly default judgment was entered for US$360,000 and US$480,000 with pre-judgment interest at prime plus 1% from the respective transfer dates and fixed costs, and the interim injunction was continued for 6 months to facilitate enforcement.
2 Feb 2021

S v. G

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 263
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCT46/2020

The court refused to stay enforcement of the S Award because G's asserted set-off and unliquidated damages claim were not sufficiently connected or persuasive to justify depriving S of the fruits of a valid award; the costs claim was unliquidated and not available as legal set-off; the Samples Claim under the G Award was doubtful; the delay and prejudice to S outweighed any prejudice to G and existing security was insufficient to make a stay just.
20 Oct 2020

SANG CHEOL WOO v. YOO SHIN CHOI(naturalized name CHARLES C. SPACKMAN)

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 2706
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1586/2016

The Hong Kong Court held that the SG undertaking was not engaged because the Hong Kong injunction was an independent exercise of the Hong Kong Court's jurisdiction and therefore its non‑disclosure did not mandate discharge; on the merits the Plaintiff had established a real risk of dissipation and credible evidence of nominee arrangements undermining Kim's explanations, so the Hong Kong Mareva injunction was continued (or would be re‑granted) and the setting aside summons was dismissed; the stay of disclosure was lifted.