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Hong Kong Case Law

S.276

  • 3 Aug 2016

    EXCELLENT INVESTMENT (GROUP) LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) v. SIN YUK LING

    Citation
    EXCELLENT INVESTMENT (GROUP) LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) v. SIN YUK LING
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW294/2012

    Because the only identified company debt was the judgment for HK$210,000 and the JSL unreasonably insisted on recovery of the entirety of dividends causing avoidable costs, the court exercised its costs discretion: Sin must pay costs of the JSL Summons up to and including 1 September 2014 and the costs of liquidation except those incurred after 1 September 2014 for the purposes of the JSL Summons; the JSL must personally bear the costs of the JSL Summons incurred after 1 September 2014 (including the 21 April 2015 hearing) and the excluded liquidation costs; the costs of the S Summons are to…

  • 21 Nov 1985

    RE MILLIE\'S PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO. LTD.

    Citation
    RE MILLIE\'S PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO. LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP91/1985

    Where an interlocutory application to determine provisional liquidators' remuneration is met by unparticularised allegations of misfeasance by the Official Receiver, the Court will not deal with the allegations in the same proceeding; the Official Receiver must either commence s.276 proceedings or withdraw the allegations, otherwise he is barred from raising them at the adjourned hearing; allegations of fraud/misfeasance require strict particularisation and evidence before they can affect the course of assessment of fees.