MANULIFE FINANCIAL ASIA LTD V. KENNETH JOSEPH RAPPOLD AND OTHERS

[2024] HKCFI 989 Court of First Instance 5 April 2024 • HCA580/2024 • 25 min read

5 cases cited (0 HK, 5 foreign) Cited by 3 cases

Practice Areas

Judges (1)

Counsel (7)

Hugill & Ip Firm Lewis Silkin Firm Slaughter & May Firm Clara Wong Counsel Defendant Frances Lok Counsel Plaintiff Jonathan Ng Counsel Defendant Jose Maurellet SC Counsel Defendant

Parties (4)

Manulife Financial Asia Limited Plaintiff Prudential Public Limited Company Defendant Prudential Services Limited Defendant Kenneth Joseph Rappold Defendant

Case Significance

MANULIFE FINANCIAL ASIA LTD V. KENNETH JOSEPH RAPPOLD AND OTHERS [2024] HKCFI 989 is an Employment & Labour matter decided by the Court of First Instance on 5 April 2024. No outcome summary is recorded for the case in the database. It was subsequently cited in HOU HSIAO BING V. REN BAOGEN [2024] HKCFI 1820, MOXIE COMMUNICATIONS LTD V. LAI CHEUK LOK (AKA CHARLOTTE LAI) [2024] HKDC 1323, and PANDO FINANCE LTD V. NG EAN KIAM [2026] HKCFI 1046.

What area of law does MANULIFE FINANCIAL ASIA LTD V. KENNETH JOSEPH RAPPOLD AND OTHERS concern ([2024] HKCFI 989)?

MANULIFE FINANCIAL ASIA LTD V. KENNETH JOSEPH RAPPOLD AND OTHERS [2024] HKCFI 989 is classified under Employment & Labour and was decided by the Court of First Instance on 5 April 2024. It was later cited in HOU HSIAO BING V. REN BAOGEN [2024] HKCFI 1820.

Cases Cited (5)

UK (2)

[1965] 1 QB 623 [2012] EWHC 1524

HK (3)

[2008] 1 HKLRD 613 [2011] 1 HKLRD 470 [2018] HKCA 409

Cited By (3)

[2026] HKCFI 1046

PANDO FINANCE LTD V. NG EAN KIAM

[2024] HKDC 1323

MOXIE COMMUNICATIONS LTD V. LAI CHEUK LOK (AKA CHARLOTTE LAI)

[2024] HKCFI 1820

HOU HSIAO BING V. REN BAOGEN

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 3 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2026] HKCFI 1046 Court of First Instance

13 February 2026

[2024] HKDC 1323 District Court

16 August 2024

[2024] HKCFI 1820 Court of First Instance

25 July 2024