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Topic

Order 65 rule 4

Legal area

Court

26 Feb 2021

THE NATIONAL TRUST LTD v. TAHOE INVESTMENT GROUP CO., LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 527
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2301/2020

Refusal of substituted service: because the Registrar had initiated service via the Mainland-Hong Kong Arrangement and the two-month period for effecting service had not expired, there was no demonstrable impracticability or evasion to justify substituted service under Order 65 r4; additionally there was no absolute urgency and no evidence that KWM were solicitors on record for the 1st defendant.
14 Oct 2016

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, HONG KONG BRANCH v. ZHANG HONG LI (otherwise known as LEE ZHANG)

Citation

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, HONG KONG BRANCH v. ZHANG HONG LI (otherwise known as LEE ZHANG)
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV277/2015

Leave to appeal was refused because the defendant's contention that Order 11 rule 5A is an exclusive mandatory code was not reasonably arguable, the core dispute concerned the place where substituted service was to be effected and there was no genuine issue of interference with Mainland sovereignty; the questions were fact‑specific and not of sufficient general or public importance to merit leave to the Court of Final Appeal.