Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

S 52a high court ordinance

Legal area

Court

5 Jun 2014

GREAT CITY ENTERPRISES LTD v. UBS AG

Citation

GREAT CITY ENTERPRISES LTD v. UBS AG
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1217/2009

The court has jurisdiction to order disclosure of the plaintiff's funder(s) identity as an ancillary order to enable a potential s 52A(2) costs application; on the material and inferences (including that the plaintiff was a vehicle purchased and funded by two individuals who treated its money as their own and may be unable to satisfy costs) the defendant met the requisite burden to justify an order for disclosure.
10 Oct 2008

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. GOLD GLOBAL LTD AND OTHERS

Citation

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. GOLD GLOBAL LTD AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2746/2004

The court has jurisdiction under s 52A to order costs against the defendant directors as parties of record and as the real parties who controlled and benefited from the litigation; in the exercise of its discretion the court ordered costs personally against Messrs Hu, Yip and Chung because a costs order against the corporate defendants would be ineffective (PEWC would be compelled to pay its own costs), the directors controlled the defence, knew or must have known of PEWC's beneficial ownership, and the defences were without factual foundation.