18 Mar 2020
RE CHINA FISHERY GROUP LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2020] HKCA 169
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV515/2018
The court held that the Trustee could not satisfy at least the criterion that the foreign jurisdiction and the company have a relevant connection, and even if the statutory/factor test were satisfied the court would decline to provide the assistance sought because public policy considerations (including the Companies' conduct in submitting to Hong Kong jurisdiction and then litigating elsewhere to hinder enforcement) outweighed the presumption of open justice; accordingly the application to lift restrictions and to use the Kwok Decision was refused and the fresh evidence was not admitted to a…