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Hong Kong Court of Appeal accepts fresh evidence in fraud allegation case
Hong Kong - December 12 2025 The Hong Kong Court of Appeal maintains a strict stance on accepting fresh evidence during appeals, applying the Ladd v Marshall test (see our…
Hong Kong Court Discharges Proprietary Injunction Against Binance Hot Wallet in Crypto Theft Case
Hong Kong - November 12 2025 The Hong Kong Court has handed down a significant decision in proceedings arising from the alleged theft of approximately HK$112 million in…
Hong Kong Court Decision on Unfair Preference and Issue Estoppel in Liquidation Proceedings
Hong Kong - October 31 2025 In RZ3262019 Limited (in Liquidation) v Zhou Ying Investments Group Limited and others [2025] HKCFI 4350, the Hong Kong Court considered key issues…
Hong Kong Court confirms work fees do not generally fracture the class of creditors
Hong Kong - September 30 2025 In Re CIFI Holdings (Group) Co Ltd [2025] HKCFI 3250, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance sanctioned a scheme of arrangement under section 673 of…
Hong Kong Court's approach to charging orders in context of foreign insolvency proceedings
Hong Kong - September 17 2025 The Hong Kong Court of First Instance, in Lead Good Group Ltd v Royue Ltd and others [2025] HKCFI 3646, has provided guidance on the treatment of…
Hong Kong Court provides guidance on interim relief in support of PRC proceedings
Hong Kong - September 4 2025 The Hong Kong Court in Zong and others v Zong and another [2025] HKCFI 3355 has provided important guidance on applications for interim relief under…
A First for Hong Kong: Court dismisses anti-suit injunction seeking to restrain a Cayman winding up
Hong Kong - August 26 2025 Since the landmark cases of Re Guy Lam and Sian Participation (see our blogposts here and here), there has been a clear divergence in how Hong Kong…
Court of Appeal upholds lower court's decision on "holder" of a global note certificate
Hong Kong - August 21 2025 In our previous blogpost, we discussed the Hong Kong Court's dismissal of a trustee's petition to wind up XJ International Holdings, on the basis…
Hong Kong Court Provides Guidance to Foreign Bankruptcy Trustee/Liquidator Seeking Information from Banks in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - August 14 2025 The Court of First Instance ("CFI") has recently recognised two sets of Singaporean bankruptcy proceedings, granting The Trustees appointed by the…
Hong Kong Court resists strike out of "buy-out order" in unfair prejudice petition
Australia, Hong Kong - June 16 2025 Unfair prejudice petitions allow minority shareholders to seek redress against a controlling shareholder who has managed the company's affairs in an…
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