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Hong Kong Case Law

Reputational damages
  • 13 Apr 2023

    OLENA PONOMAROVA v. NORTHCROFT HONG KONG LTD

    Citation
    [2023] HKCFI 956
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA156/2022

    The appeal was allowed and security for costs was ordered because the plaintiff is ordinarily resident outside Hong Kong (Ukraine), produced no evidence of assets in Hong Kong, and failed to show a high probability of success on the merits; reputational damages could not be sustained without first proving breach of contract and there was no evidence the claim would be stifled by the security order.