20 Nov 2015
PHONEWORLD LLC v. ALLIED RICH CENTURY LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- PHONEWORLD LLC v. ALLIED RICH CENTURY LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1178/2014
The appeal was dismissed because the judge found Master Lai’s balancing was correct: there was no clear high degree of probability of success for the plaintiff on the papers, genuine disputes of fact required oral evidence and cross‑examination, and D1 demonstrated a real risk of being unable to recover costs. The security order of HK$150,000 (subject to the condition about D1 discharging its Mareva costs) was a proportionate exercise of discretion and would not probably stifle the plaintiff’s claim at this stage.