4 Jan 1989
NICHOLAS PAPPADIS AND ANOTHER v. CHAN SHING SHEUNG BARRY AND OTHERS
- Citation
- NICHOLAS PAPPADIS AND ANOTHER v. CHAN SHING SHEUNG BARRY AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2005/1988
Committal can only be sustained where procedural prerequisites (timely service and appropriate penal notice) are met or where the individual had notice and actively aided or procured the breach; applying these principles the court found the third respondent (director) liable for deliberate non-disclosure of bank accounts and for instrumental involvement in dealing with the 3-million joint venture share certificates despite imperfect formal service but with dispensation on notice grounds, and found the second respondent (general manager) liable for failing to take reasonable steps to ensure fu…