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Certification clause
  • 23 Jun 2017

    TIN LIK v. DEUTCHE BANK AG AND OTHERS

    Citation
    TIN LIK v. DEUTCHE BANK AG AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV145/2016

    Set-offs claimed by the Manager/Trustee were valid and proved: (i) the public announcements and audited/final results (prepared after independent investigations) qualified as conclusive certificates under the Letter Agreement and thus validated certified set-offs; (ii) the SPA clause 9B operated to waive the HK$50m dividend where repatriation (tax clearance) was impossible and that waiver was pleaded and established; (iii) the trial judge's factual inferences about Tin's knowledge were supportable and not disturbed on appeal; (iv) the Manager is not contractually liable for the Trustee's refu…