27 Feb 2019
COLVIN MORTON BROWN v. THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LTD
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 526
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1218/2018
The statement of claim was struck out because the causes of action arose before the plaintiff's bankruptcy and therefore vested in the trustee (and claims on behalf of SCC vested in the company/liquidator); no trustee consent was pleaded; many claims were irrelevant or time‑barred and the pleading contained scandalous and abusive material; accordingly the SOC disclosed no reasonable cause of action and was an abuse of process, justifying striking out under Order 18 r19(1)(a),(b) and (d).