1 Nov 2019
TELEVISION BROADCASTS LTD v. PERSONS UNLAWFULLY AND WILLFULLY DAMAGING ANY PROPERTY OF THE PLAINTIFF AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2723
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1977/2019
The interim quia timet injunction was refused because the plaintiff failed to prove a real and imminent risk of further damage or injury after 7 October 2019 and because the proposed order could not be effectively policed or enforced against unnamed, mobile perpetrators whose identification was obscured, such that the court exercised its discretion to dismiss the summons.
- Quia timet injunction
- Interim relief
- Enforceability/policeability of orders
- Burden of proof for preventive relief
- Use of civil injunctions in aid of criminal law