Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Summary assessment vs inquiry

Legal area

Court

10 Sept 2021

SHIH HUA INVESTMENT CO., LTD (suing for and on behalf of itself as shareholder of EVERGLORY ENERGY LTD) v. ZHANG AIDONG AND OTHERS

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 2808
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2682/2016

The court determined that, having dismissed the plaintiff's appeal, the undertakings were to be enforced by an inquiry into damages to be conducted by a Master (not by summary assessment) and that reargument of matters already determined was impermissible; accordingly directions for the Master were given with specified timetable constraints and an award of costs for the interlocutory hearing.
30 Apr 2019

SHIH HUA INVESTMENT CO., LTD (suing for and on behalf of itself as shareholder of EVERGLORY ENERGY LTD v. ZHANG AIDONG AND OTHERS

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 1118
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2682/2016

The court held that an inquiry into damages should be deferred until the Court of Appeal determines the appeal against the setting-aside of the injunctions because the appeal's outcome may render an inquiry unnecessary; the case was unsuitable for summary assessment and, if the appeal fails, directions should be given for a Master to conduct the inquiry; intended intervenors should be joined now.