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Hong Kong Case Law

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  • 31 Oct 2001

    RE C.A. PACIFIC FINANCE LTD. (in Liquidation)

    Citation
    RE C.A. PACIFIC FINANCE LTD. (in Liquidation)
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW37/1998

    Where clients have signed a valid Memorandum of Deposit creating a continuing charge, the Memorandum is effective to classify them as margin clients and to vest disposed shares as charged assets rather than client property; clients who affirm they did not sign and for whom there is no contemporaneous evidence of a charge must be reclassified as non-margin clients; allegations of misrepresentation or non use of facilities do not alter proprietary effect of a valid signed charge and relief for misrepresentation lies in damages against the company's estate; regulatory compensation policy does no…