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Forgery/allegations of fraud
  • 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…