23 Jul 2010
THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED V IVAN VLADIMAR JOSEPH ERCEG AND ORS HC AK CIV-2010-404-2835
- Citation
- openlaw-c3f7627c_daaa_4c5f_8306_4155c5a8c90b.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Leave to commence by originating application was declined because the dispute over ownership and rights to large chattels involves substantive common law issues, likely counterclaims and the need for particularised pleadings and discovery; the originating application procedure is exceptional and inappropriate here, so HSBC must proceed by standard proceedings with directions for pleadings and discovery.