6 Feb 2024
THE JOINT AND SEVERAL LIQUIDATORS OF JOY RICH DEVELOPMENT LTD v. CHEN MUHUA (aka WINKY CHAN) AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2024] HKCA 122
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV381/2022
The Court of Appeal dismissed the liquidators’ appeal: (1) the judge did not err in refusing the Take Over Summons because no material change or new evidence justified overturning Deputy Judge Yee’s earlier leave and because a real risk of conflict existed given the liquidators’ funding by a creditor; (2) the judge correctly admitted the Chen Sisters’ proofs of debt because on the balance of probabilities their claims were supported by the company ledgers, journal vouchers and other documents, the former liquidators’ preliminary views, and because the liquidators did not seek cross‑examinatio…