31 Jan 2024
GURDAS SABHAGCHAND CHOITHRAMANI v. THE OFFICIAL RECEIVER AND TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF GURDAS SABHAGCHAND CHOITHRAMANI (A DISCHARGED BANKRUPT)
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 356
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1548/2020
The appeal is dismissed because the Amended Statement of Claim is time‑barred and the pleadings fail to bring the plaintiff within s.26 or s.31 Limitation Ordinance; further, the pleading discloses no reasonable cause of action because the statutory bankruptcy regime (s.83 BO) supplies the bankrupt’s remedy, no civil duty of care was pleaded based on positive acts, and no fiduciary duty was shown absent an ascertained surplus.