12 Oct 2020
CHINA FORESTRY HOLDINGS CO LTD (IN OFFICIAL LIQUIDATION)AND OTHERS v. KPMG (a firm)
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 2615
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCL9/2019
The court permitted expert evidence in the specified fields but ordered Single Joint Experts for all fields except Audit, where Separate Experts were ordered due to the high degree of controversy and critical importance of audit evidence; forensic accounting evidence was limited to disputed items (KUB Prepayments and 2010 sham transactions) and evidence purporting to establish the "true financial position" of the group in 2009 was disallowed as marginal and impracticable; Cayman Islands law evidence was allowed to construe relevant articles of association; parties were directed to attempt agr…