8 Sept 2023
CHINA MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC (In Liquidation) AND OTHERS v. THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 2156
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA303/2022
Court refused to strike out claims for dishonest assistance and knowing receipt because the pleadings contained sufficient primary facts to support inferences of knowledge/suspicion and because issues of ministerial vs beneficial receipt and s26(1) applicability are unsettled and fact sensitive; however the fraudulent trading claim under s275 was struck out as the defendant had no role in carrying on the plaintiff's business and the pleading lacked positive steps implicating the bank; relief from sanction for breach of the unless order was granted and the defendant was ordered to file a defen…