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Hong Kong Case Law

Interest on debts
  • 19 Feb 2016

    CHAN LUEN YAN AND OTHERS v. CHAN TIN CHAI AND OTHERS

    Citation
    CHAN LUEN YAN AND OTHERS v. CHAN TIN CHAI AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV161/2013

    The Court of Appeal dismissed the petitioners' appeal because the independently appointed valuer's revised NAV and per‑share valuation were reasonable and within instructions, there was no demonstrable patent error in the valuer's methodology, the judge correctly applied the agreed contractual terms and audited accounts (including using contractual rent and the 2.5% agreed interest), the impairment and write‑down of the investment were justified by CLC Ltd's audited deficits, there was no evidential basis to quantify any goodwill, and no basis existed to order repayment of shareholder loans i…

  • 12 Jul 1984

    RE TSE LEE YUEN JEWELRY LTD

    Citation
    RE TSE LEE YUEN JEWELRY LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW160/1982

    A liquidator (Official Receiver) may apply under Rule 96 to expunge or reduce a proof of debt even where that proof was admitted by consent under Rule 95; the court has jurisdiction to vary or set aside such a consent order where the liquidator has acted under a mistake of law or fact and enforcement would be manifestly inequitable or prejudicial to the general body of creditors; the consent order in this case was interlocutory and susceptible to review.