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Mareva injunction against non-party (chabra)
  • 8 Dec 2020

    PALOMA CO LTD v. CAPXON ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIAL CO LTD

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 3050
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCT53/2017

    The court appointed receivers over the 85,137,200 Lancom shares because legal execution (charging order and garnishee) was insufficient, there was a real prospect receivers exercising voting rights could enable Lancom to pursue claims to recover value for enforcement and the judgment debtor would not pursue those claims; by contrast continuation of the Mareva injunction against Listco was refused because Paloma failed to show good reason to suppose Listco's assets were amenable to enforcement or a real risk of dissipation and the injunction would unfairly prejudice Listco; costs allocated acc…

    • Appointment of receivers over shares
    • Mareva injunction against non-party (chabra)
    • Charging order enforcement
    • Enforcement of foreign arbitral award as judgment
    • Derivative/third-party claims and rights to sue
    • Breach of directors' fiduciary duties