4 May 2022
TAIHEI DENGYO KAISHA, LTD v. BOK JOENG HONG KONG CO LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 1322
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA88/2022
The court granted the s.21 banker’s books order because the plaintiff demonstrated strong evidence of fraudulent deprivation of funds totalling HK$49,773,787.32, a real prospect that the requested banker’s records would lead to location or preservation of assets, prior disclosure and injunctions supported further tracing, and the balance between preservation of assets and invasion of privacy favoured disclosure; accordingly production by SCB and HSBC was ordered within specified timeframes and disclosure may be used for investigations and tracing and recovery in other jurisdictions; costs wer…