26 Apr 2019
BRUNO ARBOIT and RODERICK JOHN SUTTON AND ANOTHER v. DBS BANK (HONG KONG) LIMITED AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFA 18
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV117/2018
Leave to appeal was refused to the Plaintiffs because their questions were fact‑specific, contentiously framed and premised on upsetting concurrent factual findings (including findings about dishonesty and self‑dealing). Leave to appeal was granted to the Defendants on discrete, important legal questions concerning the duty (if any) of trustees to supervise or review delegated investment advisers under anti‑Bartlett trust terms, the effect of de facto supervisory roles, interpretation of expert foreign law evidence vis‑à‑vis document terms, the standard for directors who delegate investment m…