2 Jun 2022
XIE LI XIN v. LAW KA YAN THOMPSON AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 1909
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1476/2017
The court held that transcripts of oral evidence given in open court are records of open court and are not subject to the usual implied undertaking, and granted leave to use them to assist police investigations. Although Law's affirmations were disclosed under compulsion and thus prima facie subject to an implied undertaking, the court granted leave to use those affirmations in the Law Family charging order proceedings and for other investigations because they are directly relevant to solvency and because the public interest in investigating alleged illegal conduct outweighed the confidential…