CHEUNG SAU YIN V. LAI TAK CHUNG
Outcome
Appeal dismissedthe appeal is dismissed in the circumstances provided for in 3) above, the debtor shall pay the petitioner the costs of this appeal, such costs to be summarily assessed or taxed if not agreed; and
Source: [2025] HKCA 1132, Court of Appeal, decided 17 December 2025. Read directly from the judgment.
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Case Significance
CHEUNG SAU YIN V. LAI TAK CHUNG [2025] HKCA 1132 arose from a bankruptcy petition heard below in RE CHEUNG SAU YIN [2024] HKCFI 1816, with the Court of Appeal also referencing LAU KAM SING DICKIE V. ARCHITECTS REGISTRATION BOARD HKSAR INQUIRY COMMITTEE [2025] HKCA 76 and EXCEL COURAGE HOLDINGS LTD V. SETO MING WAI AND ANOTHER [2025] HKCA 91 under the Rules of the High Court. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, holding: "the appeal is dismissed in the circumstances provided for in 3) above, the debtor shall pay the petitioner the costs of this appeal, such costs to be summarily assessed or taxed if not agreed; and."
What did the Court of Appeal order in Cheung Sau Yin v. Lai Tak Chung [2025] HKCA 1132?
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and ordered that the debtor pay the petitioner the costs of the appeal, to be summarily assessed or taxed if not agreed, arising from the bankruptcy petition first heard as Re Cheung Sau Yin [2024] HKCFI 1816.
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Judgment
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Read on HKLIISource: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 1132)