28 Oct 2009
TOM MING CHOU v. PAN PING-HU ANTONY AND OTHERS
- Citation
- TOM MING CHOU v. PAN PING-HU ANTONY AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCW375/2008
The court held the petitioner was entitled to inspect the Company's books under section 121 and common law and rejected the technical objection that the application was prematurely made in the petition; no clear evidence established an improper or abusive purpose; the Company must provide full access to books necessary to give a true and fair view of its affairs. The court ordered security for costs because the petitioner is resident in Shanghai, the assets relied on were not readily realizable or were outside the jurisdiction, and the proposed undertakings were insufficient; quantified the s…