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Hong Kong Case Law

Opposing creditor conduct
  • 5 Nov 1999

    RE GOLDCONE PROPERTIES LTD.

    Citation
    RE GOLDCONE PROPERTIES LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW391/1999

    The court exercised its discretion and concluded this was not an ordinary case: because the opposition was by insider creditors acting in narrow self-interest and caused substantially increased costs that could have been avoided, the opposing creditors must bear the petitioning creditor's costs incurred after presentation of the petition; no order was made for the opposing creditor's costs of appearance and liquidators sought no costs.