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Hong Kong Case Law

Amount of security
  • 16 Feb 2015

    SUPREMACY TRADING CO LTD v. PEARL DRAGON INVESTMENTS LTD

    Citation
    SUPREMACY TRADING CO LTD v. PEARL DRAGON INVESTMENTS LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCSA57/2014

    Security for costs was ordered because the appellant company had minimal issued capital and no known assets in Hong Kong creating a real risk it could not meet a costs order; the delay in making the application was not sufficient to defeat the application; the amount sought ($200,000 for both appeals) was excessive relative to the total amount involved ($98,000) and the confined nature of the issues, and the court fixed security at $20,000 per appeal to be provided by 2 March failing which the appeals shall be dismissed.