22 Apr 1994
ELSCINT (ASIA-PACIFIC) LTD v. COMMERCIAL BANK OF KOREA LTD
- Citation
- ELSCINT (ASIA-PACIFIC) LTD v. COMMERCIAL BANK OF KOREA LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCL7/1994
Where a foreign bank's Hong Kong office is limited to promotional/public relations activities and does not itself transact business that creates legal obligations, that office is not a 'place of business' under s.338 and s.341 and service of a writ at that office is invalid.