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Hong Kong Case Law

Order 1b case management powers
  • 4 Sept 2024

    RE CHU JIARU

    Citation
    [2024] HKCFI 2662
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCB8394/2020

    Because the trustees served the summons at the bankrupt's last known Reading address and email derived from the bankrupt's own prior filings and there was prolonged silence, failure to file a notice to act in person and no Hong Kong address for service, the court granted retrospective leave to serve, made an unless order requiring the bankrupt to state within 21 days whether she intends to pursue the section 83 application and attend the substantive hearing, and specified dismissal and costs consequences for non-compliance as a proportionate exercise of case management powers under Order 1B a…