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  • 9 Sept 2015

    HO PO LING WINNIE v. IP KWAI YING AND OTHERS

    Citation
    HO PO LING WINNIE v. IP KWAI YING AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP3098/2014

    The amended originating summons failed to disclose any arguable cause of action under §3 and §9 because the company was not a trustee and any breach of fiduciary duty by directors could only be pursued by the company; D2's trusteeship of one 25% share did not give rise to duties that could constrain his separate role as director or enable him to 'procure' the company to act; allegations of dishonest assistance were unpleaded and inappropriate on originating summons; and the costs incurred in the separate action were not "of and incidental to" HCMP 3098 so the court had no jurisdiction to awar…