Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Hong Kong Case Law

Loan and debenture
  • 13 Feb 2025

    CHU KONG v. LAU WING YAN

    Citation
    [2025] HKCFI 532
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA228/2017

    On the balance of documentary evidence and inherent probabilities the court found the PB companies (including New PB companies) were operated and beneficially owned on a joint basis between Lau and Chu (50:50); the 2007 reorganisation reflected and confirmed that joint ownership; there was no concluded oral PB Restructuring agreement in January 2014; Topmove’s beneficial 50% shares belong to Lau (Declaration of Trust and accounting trace); the US$9,172,689.94 and related transfers derived from PB group funds routed via CMH/Topmove; and the Loan Agreement and Debenture were collateral protecti…