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Topic

Reasonable time to comply

Legal area

Court

31 Jan 2023

GREEN SUMMIT HOLDING PTE. LTD. v. XUDI TRADING CO., LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2023] HKCFI 229
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1264/2021

The Plaintiff was awarded costs because it obtained the relief originally sought by the Discovery Summons, the summons was not premature given the clear deadline and the defendants' failure to seek more time as foreshadowed, and the court reduced claimed costs to reflect unnecessary duplication and use of two fee earners, assessing $45,000 for the Discovery Summons and $1,040 for the Consent Summons, payable forthwith by the 6th to 13th Defendants.
2 May 2003

FRIEDMANN PACIFIC GREATER CHINA INVESTMENTS LTD v. PRUDENCE SECURITIES CO LTD

Citation

FRIEDMANN PACIFIC GREATER CHINA INVESTMENTS LTD v. PRUDENCE SECURITIES CO LTD
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1642/2003

The ex parte order was discharged because the investigation began under the repealed SDIO before the SFO commenced and Section 86, Schedule 10 preserves the SDIO regime; the court has no jurisdiction to compel answers under either SDIO or SFO because each is a self-contained code; the notification was invalid for providing an unreasonable time to comply (half a working day) and the ex parte application lacked justification, therefore the order founded on that notification must be discharged.