10 Oct 1994
Re LAW KIN MAN
- Citation
- Re LAW KIN MAN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1711/1991
The court held that the Ordinance read with the 1991 Designation Order permits registration of external confiscation orders of designated countries, including orders affecting property (in rem), and that common law conflict rules do not prevent registration under the statutory scheme; although the New York forfeiture orders lacked jurisdiction over the res and were impeachable, the applicant's long delay, conduct and prejudice to alternative remedies meant the court would not exercise its discretion to set aside the registration; application to amend summons and to discharge registration dism…