RE CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP

[2024] HKCFI 363 Court of First Instance 29 January 2024 • HCCW220/2022 • 31 min read

8 cases cited (0 HK, 8 foreign) Cited by 4 cases

Judges (1)

Counsel (13)

K B Chau & Co Firm Karas So LLP Firm Official Receiver’s Office Firm Sidley Austin Firm Christopher Chain SC Counsel Official Receiver Jason Yu Counsel Unknown John Scott Counsel Supporting Creditor Jose Maurellet SC Counsel Respondent Leo Remedios Counsel Petitioner Lim Han Sheng Counsel Official Receiver Look Chan Ho Counsel Respondent Victor Dawes, SC Counsel Unknown Xizhen Wang Counsel Petitioner

Case Significance

Re China Evergrande Group [2024] HKCFI 363 was decided by the Court of First Instance on 29 January 2024. No catchwords, taxonomy classification or outcome detail are recorded for this matter in the available data. The proceeding continued as Re China Evergrande Group (In Liquidation) [2025] HKCFI 1638 and China Evergrande Group (In Liquidation) v. Hui Ka Yan and Others (and 1 other) [2025] HKCFI 4327, and has been referenced in other Court of First Instance liquidation matters including Re Add Hero Holdings Ltd (and 1 other) [2025] HKCFI 310 and Re Tianji Holding Ltd [2025] HKCFI 765.

What later proceedings arose from Re China Evergrande Group [2024] HKCFI 363?

The matter continued in the Court of First Instance as Re China Evergrande Group (In Liquidation) [2025] HKCFI 1638 and China Evergrande Group (In Liquidation) v. Hui Ka Yan and Others (and 1 other) [2025] HKCFI 4327, both stemming from the original 29 January 2024 decision.

Statutes Cited

Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap 32)

Companies Ordinance (Cap 622)

Cases Cited (8)

UK (1)

[2023] EWHC 2020

HK (7)

[1999] 2 HKLRD 280 [1999] 2 HKLRD 817 [2001] 2 HKLRD 295 [2021] 1 HKLRD 255 [2021] HKCFI 207 [2022] HKCFI 1317 [2023] HKCFI 1254

Cited By (4)

[2025] HKCFI 4327

CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP (IN LIQUIDATION) V. HUI KA YAN AND OTHERS (and 1 other)

[2025] HKCFI 1638

RE CHINA EVERGRANDE GROUP (IN LIQUIDATION)

[2025] HKCFI 765

RE TIANJI HOLDING LTD

[2025] HKCFI 310

RE ADD HERO HOLDINGS LTD (and 1 other)

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 10 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2025] HKCFI 689 Court of First Instance

12 February 2025

[2025] HKCFI 310 Court of First Instance

13 January 2025

[2025] HKCFI 2699 Court of First Instance

24 June 2025

[2024] HKCFI 3034 Court of First Instance

28 October 2024

[2025] HKCFI 4327 Court of First Instance

16 September 2025

[2025] HKCFI 5024 Court of First Instance

24 October 2025