6 Nov 2001
Re C. A. PACIFIC FINANCE LTD. & C.A. PACIFIC SECURITIES LTD.
- Citation
- Re C. A. PACIFIC FINANCE LTD. & C.A. PACIFIC SECURITIES LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCW36/1998
Section 168IA(3) is restricted to production of documents and does not authorise orders requiring attendance for public examination; therefore prior orders made under s168IA(3) compelling attendance were without jurisdiction and are discharged. However, s221 is a broadly drafted post-winding-up power which the Official Receiver may invoke and can be used to obtain examinations (subject to the court's discretion balancing usefulness against oppression), including for the purpose of gathering information to consider directors' disqualification, and the court will hear parties on whether to exer…