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Compromise of claim
  • 25 Sept 2001

    Re Tan & Sons Co. Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation)

    Citation
    Re Tan & Sons Co. Ltd. (in Provisional Liquidation)
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW63/1997

    The court granted the provisional liquidators the directions sought as a matter of commercial common sense and statutory discretion: authorising compromise and payment of Mr Chew HK$1,000,000 (with interest and costs subject to negotiation), directing notification (but not compulsory joinder) of the Inland Revenue Department for sanction applications, ordering return of specified rental deposits, permitting set-off of Harony's deposit and forgoing the balance, authorising sale or transfer of the rooftop on best terms or return for disclaimer if necessary, permitting write-off of the small Lec…