12 Jan 2018
TAO, SOH NGUN v. HSBC INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE LTD
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 33
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA3246/2016
The court held that the Defendant's denials in paragraphs 26(1), 59 and 64 of the Amended Defence are, on the pleadings and counsel's admissions, mere traverses rather than negatives pregnant with an affirmative case; consequently the Plaintiff is not entitled to the expansive chronological particulars of every exercise of discretion sought. However, particulars sought in respect of paragraph 54(3)(b) (identifying which children were 'important customers', the criteria for that classification and the HSBC business functions/services and periods) are relevant and necessary and must be provided…