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Hong Kong Case Law

Secret profit / fraud allegation
  • 24 Mar 2026

    KU KIN PONG v. YAT CHUN EXPAND LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2026] HKCFI 1765
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCW41/2024

    Leave granted to amend petition to add allegations in §§15A and 15C-F (with proposed §15B deleted) because the proposed 'secret profit' allegations were not necessarily pleas of fraud requiring particulars at this stage and were relevant to the dispute; however multiple passages in the Petitioner’s and third parties' witness statements and parts of the Points of Reply were struck out because they introduced unpleaded causes of action, relied on an irrelevant Settlement Agreement or otherwise sought to use evidence to expand the pleadings without prior amendment; limited evidence and pleadings…