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Hong Kong Case Law

Interim preservation of funds
  • 14 Jun 2001

    WENDEN ENGINEERING SERVICE CO. LTD. v. TECHNIC CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.

    Citation
    WENDEN ENGINEERING SERVICE CO. LTD. v. TECHNIC CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCT120/1997

    The court refused the 1st defendant's application to withdraw the interrogatories because unusual circumstances justified allowing the interrogatory (it was not premature and the information could be provided); the court dismissed the plaintiff's application for interim preservation because the reserve account was not 'property' nor a 'specific fund' under Order 29 and because a live dispute over the contractual chain and the employer's entitlement to repayment made a preservation order inappropriate.