Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Interlocutory appeal

Legal area

Court

30 Apr 2026

KOO MING KOWN v. THE BAPTIST CONVENTION OF HONG KONG AND OTHERS

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 2492
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA694/2024

Because the Main Decision effectively held that the plaintiff had no tenable claim against the intended defendants and treated the joinder/amendment issue as akin to a strike out, the Order summarily determined the plaintiff's substantive rights against those parties and therefore falls within Order 59 rule 21(1)(a); accordingly no leave to appeal is required and the plaintiff may appeal as of right; costs of the Leave Summons are to be in the cause of the appeal with a certificate for two counsel.
2 Jan 2026

CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP (IN LIQUIDATION) v. HUI KA YAN AND OTHERS

Citation

[2026] HKCA 15
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP90/2025

Leave to appeal refused because the Court of Appeal concluded there was no reasonable prospect of success: the trial judge exercised his discretion within permissible bounds, properly found a good arguable case based on admissible liquidators' findings, correctly excluded reliance on the CSRC decision, validly concluded urgency justified an ex parte Mareva injunction and that any non-disclosure was insubstantial or would not have led to discharge; accordingly continuation of the injunction was properly ordered.
6 Mar 2025

BANK OF HULUDAO CO LTD v. ZHONGYING INT’L HOLDING GROUP LTD

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 1111
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1656/2022

Leave to appeal was refused because the proposed grounds lacked a reasonable prospect of success: the impugned Paragraph did not make factual findings against the non-parties (Duan HT and Zhao) but reflected uncontested evidence in the PRC proceedings; there was no arguable error of law in applying the Hollington principle; and no other public interest reason existed to justify hearing the appeal. Costs were ordered against the defendant, summarily assessed at HK$50,000.
26 Feb 2024

OLENA PONOMAROVA v. NORTHCROFT HONG KONG LTD

Citation

[2024] HKCA 148
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP314/2023

The Plaintiff's grounds were not reasonably arguable and the intended appeal had no reasonable prospect of success under s14AA(4); the Judge's exercise of discretion on security for costs was not shown to be vitiated by any error of principle or bias, and the Plaintiff failed to adduce admissible evidence that the security order would stifle her claim, therefore leave to appeal was refused and the summons dismissed with costs.
16 Aug 2022

陳雲及另一人對振威金屬有限公司及另二人

Citation

[2022] HKCA 1178
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV475/2021

The Court refused permission to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal because the applicant failed to demonstrate that the appeal raised issues of general or public importance under s22(1)(b) or any exceptional circumstances warranting leave from a non-final interlocutory decision; consequently the application was dismissed and costs were ordered against the applicant.
26 Jul 2022

陳麗梅對社會福利署署長

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 2184
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI685/2017

The summons failed to constitute a proper application or to specify any relief; expert reports are evidence only and do not obviate a trial on disputed facts; there was no proper basis to enter summary relief or to accept the further affidavit on appeal; therefore the appeal against the revocation of the summons was dismissed and costs were awarded to the respondent (HK$25,000).
11 Mar 2021

SHELL HONG KONG LTD v. MEYER ALUMINIUM LTD

Citation

[2021] HKCA 294
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV622/2020

The Court dismissed the appeals because the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to entertain Meyer’s applications: the transfer orders limited the Tribunal to allegations of collusion as pleaded in the High Court defences (collusion between Taching and Shell only); Meyer’s proposed amendments sought to advance a substantially different and unparticularised case beyond the scope of the transfer and after discovery, causing prejudice; applications for expert evidence on damages and quantum are matters for the Court of First Instance in the High Court actions and not the Tribunal; accordingly the Deput…
11 Mar 2021

TACHING PETROLEUM CO, LTD v. MEYER ALUMINIUM LTD

Citation

[2021] HKCA 294
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV621/2020

The appeals were dismissed because the Tribunal lacked jurisdiction to grant the relief sought: the transfers from the High Court were limited to allegations of collusion between Taching and Shell only, Meyer’s proposed amendments materially expanded the pleaded case beyond that scope and were defective and prejudicial at the interlocutory stage after discovery, and applications to adduce expert evidence on damages/quantum belong in the Court of First Instance where issues of set-off and illegality must be determined; accordingly the Tribunal’s refusal to grant leave was correct.
25 Feb 2021

TRANSUNION LTD v. HONGKONG TAIJIN INDUSTRY LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 484
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1353/2019

The Decision is interlocutory and does not determine the substantive rights of Zall within the meaning of Order 59 r 21(1)(a); consequently leave under HCO s14AA was required and, applying the standard for leave, Zall's proposed appeal had no reasonable prospect of success given the evidence supporting jurisdiction (Zall's Hong Kong residence and loan situs) and the lack of merit in the double jeopardy argument, so leave to appeal was refused.
3 Feb 2021

THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER v. CHOW TUNG SHAN

Citation

[2021] HKCA 138
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP138/2020

The Court of Appeal held that the judge had arguably erred by treating a director's failure to ensure MPF contributions as necessarily resulting in disqualification without making a factual finding on the director's awareness; because an appeal based on that approach had a reasonable prospect of success the court granted leave to appeal out of time limited to that ground.