20 Jan 2022
SAIF PARTNERS II L P AND ANOTHER v. JOE ZHIXIONG ZHOU
- Citation
- [2022] HKCA 117
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV625/2020
Where a party has submitted to the jurisdiction by commencing proceedings in Hong Kong, contempt proceedings incidental to that action do not require fresh leave under Order 11 and the court may, pursuant to Order 52 r.3(4), dispense with personal service of the originating summons; applying those principles the defendant deliberately restricted the ambit of the Account Order, failed to account for income (notably carried interest and management fees) as ordered, was proved beyond reasonable doubt to be in contempt, and the sentence of two months’ imprisonment with indemnity costs was appropr…