4 Sept 2020
LIAO CHEN TOH v. LOYAL INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 2272
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2302/2014
The court held that where an alleged contemnor has already submitted to the court's jurisdiction in the original proceedings and the alleged contempt is incidental to orders made in those proceedings, leave under Order 11 to serve out contempt proceedings is not required; the ex parte application here contained sufficient evidence to justify substituted service and dispensation of personal service because there was prima facie evidence of evasion and no material non-disclosure; the Contempt Statement was sufficiently particularized for the leave stage; and the time for issuing the notice of h…