RE PAN SUTONG (and 4 others)

[2024] HKCA 580 Court of Appeal 28 June 2024 • CACV261/2022; CACV265/2022; CACV266/2022; CACV525/2021; CAMP294/2022 • 93 min read

29 cases cited (0 HK, 29 foreign) Cited by 2 cases

Outcome

Leave to appeal dismissed

leave to appeal is dismissed.

Source: [2024] HKCA 580, Court of Appeal, decided 28 June 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (3)

Chow Coram G Lam Coram Kwan Coram

Counsel (11)

Howse Williams Firm Property of Mr. Pan Sutong, a Bankrupt, represented by Messrs DLA Piper Firm Sit, Fung, Kwong & Shum Firm Alex Fan & Counsel Respondent Alex Yeung Counsel Applicant Anson Wong Counsel Respondent Joanne Szeto Counsel Respondent Joint and Several Trustees in bankruptcy Counsel Unknown Lai Chun Ho Counsel Applicant Patrick Chong Counsel Applicant William Wong Counsel Applicant

Parties (4)

China Citic Bank Corporation Limited, Tianjin Branch Respondent China Citic Bank International Limited Respondent Citic Bank International (China) Limited, Beijing Branch Respondent Pan Sutong Applicant

Statutes Cited

Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap 6)

s 6(2)(b)

Bankruptcy Rules (Cap 6A)

Companies Ordinance (Cap 32)

Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap 32)

Cases Cited (29)

UK (8)

[1976] Ch 63 [1991] 2 AC 93 [1992] 2 AC 93 [2004] 2 AC 298 [2005] EWCA Civ 1113 [2015] EWHC 3355 [2017] EWCA Civ 60 [2018] EWHC 652

HK (21)

[2001] HKC 396 [2007] 4 HKLRD 1002 [2009] 5 HKLRD 487 [2011] 2 HKLRD 837 [2013] 2 HKLRD 1214 [2014] 5 HKC 504 [2015] 1 HKLRD 501 [2019] 4 HKLRD 606 [2019] HKCFI 1556 [2021] HKCA 1248 [2021] HKCFI 1595 [2021] HKCFI 2207 [2021] HKCFI 3475 [2022] 3 HKLRD 356 [2022] 3 HKLRD 4 [2022] HKCA 733 [2022] HKCFA 11 [2022] HKCFI 1450 [2022] HKCFI 2076 [2022] HKCFI 2668 [2023] HKCA 365

Cited By (2)

[2025] HKCA 1010

HONG KONG AVIATION SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION LTD V. BEACON INTERNATIONAL GROUND SOLUTIONS LTD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS BIGMAN HK LTD)

[2024] HKCA 775

PAN SUTONG V. BANK OF CHINA LTD (T/A BANK OF CHINA LTD SHENZHEN BRANCH) (and 1 other)

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 2 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2025] HKCA 1010 Court of Appeal

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[2024] HKCA 775 Court of Appeal

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Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2024] HKCA 580)