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Oversecuritisation
  • 10 Feb 2015

    UNITED ASIA FINANCE LTD v. YIU TSZ NGAR

    Citation
    UNITED ASIA FINANCE LTD v. YIU TSZ NGAR
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA774/2014

    The charging order nisi was made absolute because (1) a Mareva injunction does not prevent a creditor from obtaining a charging order as it creates no proprietary priority; (2) the applicant failed to demonstrate that making the order absolute would be disproportionate because there was insufficient evidence of unencumbered asset values and prior encumbrances; (3) there is no authority requiring a secured creditor to exhaust remedies against secured properties before seeking a charging order over other assets; and (4) there was no sufficient evidence of insolvency or other equitable factor to…