Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Asset preservation (mareva)

Legal area

Court

17 Jul 2025

VASILY TRUBNIKOV v. EVGENY VOLOSOV AND OTHERS

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 3050
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA139/2024

Leave to appeal was refused because the intended grounds lacked a reasonable prospect of success: the judge applied the correct legal tests on leave and injunctions, correctly treated the proprietary claim but exercised discretion not to grant interlocutory proprietary relief where there was no solid evidence of risk of dissipation and the defendants appeared able to satisfy any monetary judgment; attempts to relitigate recent findings without material change constituted an abuse of process and unexplained delay militated against relief.
23 Apr 2019

WONG KA YAN PATRICK v. CHEUNG KA YU NICOLE formerly known as CHEUNG LEE HUNG

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 1007
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2102/2017

The court found a prima facie tracing/proprietary claim over the HK$900,000 or the MTR shares purchased with that sum; delay and credibility issues did not negate a serious issue to be tried; defendant's disclosure of finances was insufficient to rebut risk to plaintiff and to justify release; balance of convenience favoured preserving the assets pending trial; accordingly an interlocutory proprietary injunction and ancillary disclosure orders were granted.