Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Post-judgment interest

Legal area

Court

12 Mar 2026

YAU WAH HING AND ANOTHER v. YUEN SO YING, the Executrix of the Estate of YUEN KAY MING, deceased

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 1410
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4252/2003

Because the remedy was the taking of a partnership account on dissolution and the established authorities provide that interest is not generally payable on such accounts (except for loans/advances), the plaintiffs abandoned their claim for pre-judgment interest; the court therefore entered judgment for the plaintiffs for the ascertained value and awarded post-judgment interest from the date of judgment and costs to follow the event with a certificate for two counsel given the expert evidence complexities.
13 Feb 2026

CHAN BENAMI HOLDINGS LTD v. CHI CHI HUNG, KENNETH

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 993
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1547/2024

Plaintiff established a prima facie case that the defendant agreed to and completed the transaction but failed to pay HK$4.5 million; the defendant failed to adduce credible, particularised evidence of illegitimate pressure, contemporaneous protest, lack of alternatives or continuing duress and in any event affirmed and benefitted from the transaction, so the economic duress defence discloses no triable issue; accordingly summary judgment is appropriate, contractual interest at 9% applies pre- and post-judgment and costs are payable on an indemnity basis as contracted.
23 Jul 2025

YU QUAN LI AND ANOTHER v. SUEN KIN WING

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 3204
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1671/2018

The defendant's admissions in the criminal Summary of Facts together with extensive documentary and WeChat evidence established deceit and unjust enrichment; the defendant was debarred from giving evidence for failing to file a court‑ordered supplemental witness statement; the illegality defence was not established on the evidence and therefore did not bar recovery; accordingly plaintiffs entitled to judgment for HK$119,000,000 plus specified interest; costs reserved.
30 May 2025

LAU CHUNG v. HUI KENG YEE AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 2229
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA561/2019

The court held that Order 22 r 23 can apply even where the plaintiff's claim was dismissed for procedural reasons without a judicial determination on the merits because the local rule omits the words 'at trial' present in the English rule; it was not unjust in the circumstances to impose Rule 23 consequences; enhanced interest on the 1st defendant's costs was fixed at 3% above the judgment rate, applied on the full-rate approach from the dates of payments until full payment; Rule 24 did not apply to the counterclaim because the judgment obtained (declaration and possession) was not shown to b…
1 Apr 2025

THE JOINT AND SEVERAL LIQUIDATORS OF DAYS IMPEX LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) v. MAHESH NANIK DAYARAM

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 1306
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCW298/2011

Because the liquidators clarified the precise sums and for the reasons given in the court's 24 January 2025 decision, the court ordered interest at 1% over Hong Kong prime from 12 December 2011 until the date of judgment and thereafter at the judgment rate until full payment, and ordered payment within 28 days.
1 Apr 2025

THE JOINT AND SEVERAL LIQUIDATORS OF DAYS INTERNATIONAL LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) v. MAHESH NANIK DAYARAM

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 1306
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCW299/2011

The court ordered that the respondent pay interest on the specified sums at 1% over Hong Kong prime from 12 December 2011 until the date of judgment and thereafter at the judgment rate until full payment; payment of the judgment to be made within 28 days.
12 Feb 2025

GREEN LIGHT MULTIPLEX CO LTD (formerly known as GREEN LIGHT MARKETING CO LTD and GLM INTERNATIONAL LTD) v. LAM SHI YAN

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 702
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2128/2015

The court would have awarded the interest claimed when delivering judgment but omitted to do so by accidental slip; accordingly the omission is correctable under Order 20 r.11 and interest is awarded on the net judgment sum from the date of the writ at the specified rates, and the 1st defendant must pay the plaintiff's costs of the application to be taxed if not agreed.
22 Nov 2024

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (HONG KONG) LTD 對 HUI KAM SHING

Citation

[2024] HKDC 1974
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ4366/2022

Plaintiff's contemporaneous account records and signed debt certificate, conclusive under the agreed contractual terms absent manifest error, established the debt; defendant's generalized denials and allegations were insufficiently particular or credible to raise a triable issue, therefore summary judgment was appropriate for the claimed amount with post‑judgment interest.
15 Oct 2024

廈門新景地集團有限公司 formerly known as 廈門市鑫新景地房地產有限公司 v. ETON PROPERTIES LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 2807
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCCL13/2011

The court held that under section 49 of the High Court Ordinance pre-judgment interest forms part of the judgment debt and therefore post-judgment interest at the judgment rate runs on the entire judgment debt inclusive of pre-judgment interest; accordingly interest is payable on the aggregate amount from 10 September 2024 until full payment.
9 May 2024

ALUHOUSE COMPANY LTD v. SUCCESS LANE DEVELOPMENT LTD

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 1280
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP967/2023

Because the defendant repeatedly refused to bank cheques, failed to confirm it would not present a winding‑up petition despite being asked, and remained bound by existing district court costs orders, the plaintiff was justified in obtaining an injunction and is entitled to its costs of the action on an indemnity basis, to be taxed if not agreed.