8 Jun 2021
ZHOU XI v. BRINK’S HONG KONG LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 1645
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2775/2016
The appeal was dismissed because the requested discovery and interrogatories were overbroad and unnecessary for disposing fairly of the matter or saving costs: the MLO defence related to an alleged loan from Zhou personally (not loans by PRC companies), existing disclosure and interrogatories already addressed Zhou's personal lending activities, and further probing into Zhou's positions in PRC companies would be fishing, disproportionate and likely to increase costs without advancing the real issues at trial.