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Hong Kong Case Law

Company document production
  • 22 Jan 2020

    LKB v. FCM

    Citation
    [2020] HKFC 31
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC12181/2015

    Court held that substantial and particularized evidence raised by the wife created a prima facie basis to order discovery beyond Form E and beyond the usual three‑year window for specified categories because the flow of funds, chain of payments for alleged PRC expenses, and booking of loans and family payments in company accounts were directly relevant and necessary to value company shareholdings, determine actual income and borrowing capacity and to test the husband's PRC expense defence; accordingly many disputed questions were allowed in limited form and procedural orders for a revised que…