25 Oct 2019
CHINA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (In Liquidation) v. PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP (a firm) AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2631
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA577/2015
On the interlocutory materials the plaintiffs established a good arguable case that PW LLP carried on business in Hong Kong (so Order 81 applied), that the alleged negligent misstatements/advice were in substance committed and relied upon in Hong Kong and governed by Hong Kong law, and that defendants failed to show New York was clearly or distinctly the more appropriate forum; accordingly the defendants' applications to set aside service and for a stay were dismissed and the plaintiffs' curative applications were unnecessary (though would have been granted if required).