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Hong Kong Case Law

Public misfeasance
  • 31 Mar 2015

    WALLBANCK BROTHERS SECURITIES (HONG KONG) LTD v. EMILY TSE AND OTHERS

    Citation
    WALLBANCK BROTHERS SECURITIES (HONG KONG) LTD v. EMILY TSE AND OTHERS
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ2422/2013

    The ASoC discloses no reasonable cause of action and is an abuse of process: the complaints are public law matters which should have been pursued by judicial review within the prescribed time limits; ss 380(1) and (3) SFO provide statutory immunity absent properly pleaded bad faith which the ASoC fails to plead; allegations of misfeasance and fraud lack the required factual particularity and subjective intent; the ASoC is prolix, vexatious and contrary to pleading rules, therefore it must be struck out and the action dismissed, with indemnity costs awarded to defendants.