20 Jul 2007
THE JOINT & SEVERAL LIQUIDATORS OF KONG WAH HOLDINGS LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) v. THE GRANDE HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THE JOINT & SEVERAL LIQUIDATORS OF KONG WAH HOLDINGS LTD (IN COMPULSORY LIQUIDATION) v. THE GRANDE HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCW49/2000
The court held that (1) the 1st to 3rd respondents and the 4th respondent are entitled to claim legal professional privilege for the documents in the ground 2 category by reason of common interest and there was no express or implied waiver on the facts; (2) where privilege properly belongs to Akai and/or Kong Wah (ground 3), those documents must be disclosed to the liquidators and the 1st to 3rd respondents cannot assert privilege against the liquidators in respect of Akai/Kong Wah documents; and (3) legal advice privilege applies to the documents in dispute and lack of contemporaneous posses…