[2025] HKCA 296, TENWOW INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER V. PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS (A FIRM) AND ANOTHER - Judgment, Outcome & Holding

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Judges (2)

Counsel (6)

Karas So LLP Firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Firm Abraham Chan Counsel Plaintiff Astina Au Counsel Defendant Benjamin Yu Counsel Defendant Charles Hollander Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (4)

Nan Pu International Limited (In Creditors’ Voluntary Winding Up) Plaintiff Tenwow International Holdings Limited Plaintiff 普华永道中天会计师事务所Pricewaterhousecoopers Zhong Tian Llp Defendant Pricewaterhousecoopers (A Firm) Defendant

Summary

Tenwow International Holdings Limited (in liquidation) and Nan Pu International Limited sued PricewaterhouseCoopers for professional negligence relating to audit work. The Court of Appeal granted leave to appeal on reformulated questions concerning the Mainland-Hong Kong evidence-taking arrangement and service out of jurisdiction, with costs in the cause.

Cases Cited (3)

HK (3)

(2007) 10 HKCFAR 629 [2024] HKCA 1193 [2024] HKCFI 1146

Cited By (2)

[2025] HKCFA 17

TENWOW INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER V. 普华永道中天会计师事务所(特殊普通合伙) PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ZHONG TIAN LLP

[2025] HKCFI 5963

LI YIDONG AND ANOTHER V. CHEN PING AND OTHERS

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 2 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2025] HKCFA 17 Court of Final Appeal

16 October 2025

[2025] HKCFI 5963 Court of First Instance

30 September 2025