ECHELLES RIFFAUD S.A. V. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

[2024] HKCFI 1994 Court of First Instance 1 August 2024 • HCA1841/2011 • 164 min read

15 cases cited (0 HK, 15 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Claim dismissed

The claim is dismissed because it was the Plaintiff who was at fault in failing to provide the FAT/C Parameters in answer to the request of Mr CC Ko.

Source: [2024] HKCFI 1994, Court of First Instance, decided 1 August 2024. Read directly from the judgment.

Practice Areas

Contract & Commercial Disputes

Judges (1)

Au-Yeung Coram

Counsel (5)

Department of Justice Firm Ho & Ip Firm Anthony Houghton Counsel Plaintiff Hew Yang-Wahn Counsel Plaintiff Mike Lui Counsel Defendant

Parties (2)

Echelles Riffaud S.A Plaintiff The Secretary for Justice (On Behalf of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) Defendant

Statutes Cited

Limitation Ordinance (Cap 347)

Cases Cited (15)

UK (7)

[1969] 2 AC 31 [1974] AC 689 [1976] QB 44 [1982] AC 225 [1996] AC 344 [2015] AC 1619 [2021] AC 1148

HK (8)

(1999) 2 HKCFAR 279 (2001) 4 HKCFAR 381 (2009) 12 HKCFAR 512 [2020] HKCFI 2148 [2020] HKCFI 2923 [2022] HKCFI 1264 [2022] HKCFI 2675 [2022] HKCFI 3486

Cited By (1)

[2026] HKCFI 339

YAU WAH HING AND ANOTHER V. YUEN SO YING, THE EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF YUEN KAY MING, DECEASED

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 1 later judgment. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2026] HKCFI 339 Court of First Instance

16 January 2026