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Hong Kong Case Law

Agency/third-party payments
  • 15 May 2026

    CHOW LUEN FAT v. WONG YAT KONG

    Citation
    [2026] HKDC 735
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ6688/2020

    On the balance of probabilities the court accepted the plaintiff's account that the loan was made by the plaintiff in his personal capacity and that Tak Lee advanced the funds at the plaintiff's direction to reduce a director's loan; the defendant's signature on the bilingual Loan Confirmation corroborated the defendant's personal liability for the outstanding $500,000; accordingly judgment was entered for the plaintiff for $500,000 with interest and costs as ordered.