20 Jan 2023
李明實 AND OTHERS v. ACE LEAD PROFITS LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 193
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA597/2021
The application for leave to appeal was refused because the proposed grounds were not reasonably arguable: the Trust Shares claim relates to an Overarching Trust distinct from the DoTs; the DoTs were not pleaded or relied upon so they do not form the focus of the present dispute; the court correctly applied the Polytec approach to identify the focus of the dispute; related case management stay arguments depend on the same flawed premise; accordingly leave is refused. The court granted an extension of time to file a defence until final disposal of any renewed leave application and made costs o…