16 Feb 2012
A R EVANS CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD v. NOVEL ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- A R EVANS CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD v. NOVEL ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1991/2011
On the evidence the petitioner was not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong: incorporation, registered office, registers and historic conduct pointed to the Bahamas, the Part XI/business registration was recent and inferentially contrived, and continuity of residence in Hong Kong had not been shown; accordingly the court had power under Order 23 r.1(1)(a) and in exercise of its discretion ordered security for costs of HK$1,500,000 to be paid into court within 14 days and granted costs to the 1st–4th respondents on a nisi basis.