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FactsIn 1983, T, the owner of a piece of land in the New Territories, held under a Government lease for a term expiring on 27 June 1997, granted a sub-lease to her tenant (D2) for a term of 15 years...
FactsD invested in P1 by subscribing for preferred shares, upon the terms set out in a share purchase agreement executed in 2017 (the 2017 SPA). All ten plaintiffs (P1-10, collectively "Ps"), who...
FactsC was incorporated in Bermuda and its shares were listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It was registered as a non-Hong Kong company under the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622)....
FactsX1-2 (Xs) were investigated by the Securities and Futures Commission (the SFC) for their suspected involvement in large-scale "ramp-and-dump" schemes1 in respect of the shares of two...
FactsP sued D1-3 (Ds), challenging the validity of the Will of his late father (the Deceased). P was the Deceased's son from his marriage with P's mother. The Deceased subsequently divorced P's...
FactsGD, a Cayman Islands company, was listed in London and acted as a holding company, providing financing and management services to its subsidiaries. In July 2006, the appellant...
FactsC, a Hong Kong company, was an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a listed company in Hong Kong (the ListCo). C put forward a scheme of arrangement (the Scheme) for the purpose of restructuring...
FactsOn 12 August 2024, X was granted leave to apply for judicial review of the Director of Environmental Protection (the DEP)'s decision dated 17 May 2024, approving the Environmental Impact...
FactsP, the former corporate employer of D (who had worked as its Director of Legal and Trust Management), commenced a representative action on its own behalf and on behalf of its current and former...
FactsN and M were Kenyan nationals who were recruited to work in Hong Kong as foreign domestic helpers (FDHs). N and M worked for the same employer at the same residential address in Hong Kong in...
FactsThe Appellants (HoldCo and LLP 2) were members of a group of companies/entities. HoldCo, a limited liability company, held the entire share capital of LLP 1, which in turn held the entire...
FactsX was the owner of, inter alia, Shops 4 and 5 of the ground floor (the G/F), the cockloft, and the entire first floor (the 1/F) of the subject commercial-cum-residential building (the Building...
FactsThe song known as "願榮光歸香港"or "Glory to Hong Kong" (the Song) emerged in August 2019. The Song had been widely circulated and used in at least 413 public order events between 2019...
FactsP, a BVI company, applied by originating summons under s.42 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap.622) (the CO) for: (i) a declaration that certain documents (the Subject Documents)...
FactsTwo companies (the Companies) were used by YT (through his alter ego company, HF) and his brother YK (the Brothers) to hold land (the Land). The Companies were originally managed by the...
FactsP, a mentally incapacitated person, was a resident at a residential care home (the Care Home). D1 was the warden of the Care Home and D2 was authorised to operate, manage or otherwise have...
FactsP, a licensed money lender, was introduced to a person (the Borrower) claiming to be the registered owner of a property (the Property) who wished to obtain a mortgage loan on the Property...
FactsX was the respondent in an action in the Lands Tribunal (the LT Action). On 22 September 2020, the applicant in the LT Action obtained default judgment against X. On 24 November 2020, X, acting...
FactsS was a partner of a solicitors’ firm (the Firm). The Law Society lodged seven complaints against S, among which penalty was imposed following S’s guilty pleas on Complaints 1 and 3....
FactsThe Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) sought a disqualification order against R4 for 2 years under s.214 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap.571), by way of the Carecraft...