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Hong Kong Case Law

Discovery/treasury system
  • 11 Mar 2005

    RE PARASIA LTD

    Citation
    RE PARASIA LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW1050/2004

    The court granted a temporary stay of all eight proceedings pending determination of the Probate Appeal because, on balance of convenience and in the interests of sensible case management, continuation of the multi‑forum, treasury‑system intensive litigation would likely produce waste of costs, damage to the Chinachem group and unnecessary drain on judicial resources if the Probate Appeal resolves entitlement to the estate in favour of Mrs Wang; the administrators' objections and alleged prejudice did not outweigh those considerations.

  • 11 Mar 2005

    MIGHTYSILK LTD AND OTHERS v. CHINACHEM AGENCIES LTD

    Citation
    MIGHTYSILK LTD AND OTHERS v. CHINACHEM AGENCIES LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCL73/2002

    The court granted a temporary stay of all eight proceedings pending determination of the Probate Appeal because the balance of convenience and effective case management favored a short stay: if Mrs Wang succeeds on probate the proceedings will be pointless and continuation would cause substantial wasted costs, disruption to the Chinachem group's treasury system and judicial resources; the stay is temporary, applicants filed evidence showing magnitude of cost and disruption, administrators offered a formal rather than substantive resistance, and no cogent basis existed to impose the proposed e…