30 May 2018
DONG CHENGTIAN AND ANOTHER v. CHONG CHA HWA AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 1184
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP738/2018
The court held that the chairman's rejection of valid proxies was unlawful and irrational, that in the context of repeated and systematic attempts to prevent shareholders exercising voting rights it was impracticable to conduct an EGM in accordance with the company’s articles, and that s570 therefore empowered the court to order a court-convened EGM. The court ordered an EGM on 20 May 2018 and granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the remaining directors (Chong and Zhao) from acting as directors pending that EGM, and gave ancillary directions including variation of directions to the…