LAU CHUN MING V. DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU (A FIRM)

[2022] HKCFA 8 Court of Final Appeal 20 April 2022 • FAMV70/2022 • 15 min read

4 cases cited (0 HK, 4 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Judges (3)

Cheung Coram Lam Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (5)

K H Lam & Co Firm O’ Melveny & Myers Firm Charles Manzoni Counsel Defendant Edward Chan Counsel Plaintiff Queenie W S Ng Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (a firm) Defendant Lau Chun Ming Plaintiff

Summary

Lau Chun Ming applied for leave to appeal against the dismissal of his negligence claim against Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, whose partners had been appointed as provisional liquidators of a company. The key issue was whether liquidators owe a duty of care to individual creditors. The application for leave to appeal was dismissed.

Statutes Cited

Bankruptcy Ordinance

s 94

Cases Cited (4)

UK (1)

[2008] UKPC 13

HK (3)

[2019] HKCFI 2722 [2021] HKCA 546 [2022] HKCA 10

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BANCLOGIX SYSTEM CO, LTD V. TOP EMINENT HEALTHCARE GROUP LTD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CLSA PREMIUM LTD AND KVB KUNLUN FINANCIAL GROUP LTD) (and 1 other)

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Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2022] HKCFA 8)