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Hong Kong Case Law

Jurisdictional identity of corporate entities
  • 5 Feb 2018

    吳大国 對 万洲国际有限公司

    Citation
    [2018] HKDC 141
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ5830/2016

    The amended statement of claim was struck out because the pleaded defendant is not the entity that published the crowdfunding offer; objective documentary evidence (company registration records and website/IP information) showed the offeror was Great Continents International Limited (Seychelles), a different legal person, so the claim against the named defendant disclosed no reasonable cause of action and was frivolous and an abuse of process; leave to amend was refused because the plaintiff had already been given an opportunity and misidentification of the defendant cannot be cured by amendm…