CHEUNG HON KIN V. CHUBB LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE WORLDWIDE LTD AND ACE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY LTD RESPECTIVELY)

[2024] HKCFI 1313 Court of First Instance 24 May 2024 • HCA2711/2016 • 51 min read

16 cases cited (0 HK, 16 foreign) Cited by 7 cases

Practice Areas

Contract & Commercial Disputes

Judges (1)

Cheng Coram

Counsel (3)

Kennedys Firm Abraham Chan, SC Counsel Defendant Val Chow Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Chubb Life Insurance Company Ltd Defendant Cheung Hon Kin Plaintiff

Case Significance

Cheung Hon Kin v. Chubb Life Insurance Company Ltd (Formerly Known as New York Life Insurance Worldwide Ltd and Ace Life Insurance Company Ltd Respectively) [2024] HKCFI 1313 is a Court of First Instance decision dated 24 May 2024, classified under Contract & Commercial Disputes. The published record for this case does not include a summarised outcome. The decision has since been cited in Securities and Futures Commission v. Zhou Ling and Others [2024] HKCFI 2484 and Kong Shui Man v. Tang Chi Luen [2024] HKDC 1715.

What kind of dispute is Cheung Hon Kin v. Chubb Life Insurance Company Ltd [2024] HKCFI 1313?

Cheung Hon Kin v. Chubb Life Insurance Company Ltd [2024] HKCFI 1313 is a Contract & Commercial Disputes matter heard in the Court of First Instance on 24 May 2024; the published record does not include a summarised outcome for the decision.

Cases Cited (16)

UK (9)

[2002] UKPC 38 [2007] EWHC 758 [2013] EWHC 3560 [2014] EWHC 3347 [2015] 1 WLR 1661 [2016] AC 742 [2017] EWHC 1928 [2017] UKPC 2 [2020] QB 418

HK (7)

(2001) 4 HKCFAR 381 [2003] 4 HKC 422 [2019] 3 HKLRD 455 [2019] HKCFI 1781 [2020] HKCFI 1312 [2021] HKCFI 2242 [2021] HKCFI 638

Cited By (7)

[2026] HKDC 1034

MAN KAM LEUNG, A MEMBER OF MAN KWAN YIN OR IU OR IM OR IN TSO, SUING FOR HIMSELF AS WELL AS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHER MEMBERS OF MAN KWAN YIN OR IU OR IM OR IN TSO SAVE AND EXCEPT THE 1ST AND 2ND DEFENDANTS HEREIN, MAN YIU CHUEN AND MAN KWOK HUNG V. MAN YIU CHUEN AND OTHERS

[2026] HKCFI 1870

WAH TAI HING FOODS MANUFACTORY LTD AND ANOTHER V. FOK CHIU MING MILTON AND ANOTHER

[2025] HKCFI 2525

YEUNG SIU YUNG V. FAN PUI WAN, MARGARET AND OTHERS

[2024] HKDC 2089

BOC GROUP LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANOTHER V. WONG FU WAH

[2024] HKDC 1715

KONG SHUI MAN V. TANG CHI LUEN

[2024] HKCFI 1650

CHAN WAI HON ALAN AND ANOTHER V. CHAN YUK FOEBE (and 1 other)

[2024] HKCFI 2484

SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION V. ZHOU LING AND OTHERS

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 7 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2024] HKCFI 2484 Court of First Instance

13 September 2024

[2026] HKDC 1034 District Court

11 June 2026

[2026] HKCFI 1870 Court of First Instance

31 March 2026

[2025] HKCFI 2525 Court of First Instance

27 June 2025

[2024] HKDC 2089 District Court

13 December 2024

[2024] HKDC 1715 District Court

23 October 2024