19 Jan 2024
CHINA CITY CONSTRUCTION HOLDING GROUP CO., LTD v. PATRICK COWLEY AND LUI YEE MAN, JOINT AND SEVERAL LIQUIDATORS OF CHINA CITY CONSTRUCTION (INTERNATIONAL) CO., LTD
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 219
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP738/2023
The originating summons was dismissed because the liquidators had provided reasonable and non-privileged information to the COI, the applicant failed to demonstrate adequate need for privileged litigation strategy or confidential funding terms, and the liquidators' reasonable concern about ongoing connections between the applicant and defendants meant disclosure risked prejudice to the company’s litigation; the court therefore declined to override the liquidators' commercial judgment and confidentiality obligations and refused to exercise its s.255 discretion to order further disclosure.