11 Jul 2016
NEWOCEAN PETROLEUM CO LTD v. O.W. BUNKER CHINA LTD (in provisional liquidation) AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- NEWOCEAN PETROLEUM CO LTD v. O.W. BUNKER CHINA LTD (in provisional liquidation) AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1474/2016
The Court granted leave to appeal only on the part of the Deputy Judge's order that allowed service out of jurisdiction for the contract claim under Order 11 rule 1(1)(d) because the judge's finding on the agency-based contract claim conflicts with recent CFI authority and an appeal has a reasonable prospect of success; the Court refused leave in relation to the conversion claim under Order 11 rule 1(1)(f) because the Res Cogitans analysis, endorsed by the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in England, provides a sufficient basis for a good arguable case of conversion and there was no demonstr…