DELCO PARTICIPATION B.V. V. CHIHO ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP LTD (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHIHO-TIANDE GROUP LTD) AND OTHERS (and 2 others)

[2025] HKCFI 4739 Court of First Instance 15 October 2025 • HCA2939/2016; HCA2943/2015; HCA3040/2015 • 225 min read

9 cases cited (0 HK, 9 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Application granted

I grant the application, and I make an order in the terms of Annex 1 to Mr Dawes’ skeleton argument, save that I extend the period to what seems to me to be more appropriate in light of the location of the parties and potential complexities thrown up by developments post-trial, namely:

Source: [2025] HKCFI 4739, Court of First Instance, decided 15 October 2025. Read directly from the judgment.

Practice Areas

Company & Shareholder Disputes Theft, Fraud & Dishonesty

Judges (1)

Coleman Coram

Counsel (11)

Clifford Chance Firm LC Lawyers LLP Firm Stephenson Harwood Firm Bernard Man Counsel Defendant James Man Counsel Plaintiff Jason Lee Counsel Defendant Jonathan Ng Counsel Plaintiff Norman Nip Counsel Defendant Roger Phang Counsel Defendant Victor Dawes Counsel Plaintiff William Wong Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

Chiho Environmental Group Ltd Defendant Hwh Holdings Limited Defendant Delco Participation B.V Plaintiff

Statutes Cited

Limitation Ordinance (Cap 347)

s 35

Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571)

Cases Cited (9)

UK (4)

[1967] 2 QB 786 [2015] AC 1503 [2019] AC 119 [2025] UKPC 47

HK (5)

(2013) 16 HKCFAR 336 (2013) 16 HKCFAR 681 [2019] HKCFI 3136 [2020] HKCFI 2518 [2021] HKCFI 692

Cited By (1)

[2025] HKCFI 5484

LAM KIT LAN CYNTHIA AND LAM CHI WAI ADRIAN APPOINTED BY ORDER DATED 12TH APRIL 2021 TO REPRESENT THE ESTATE OF LAM HON KEUNG KEITH, SINCE DECEASED V. LAM CHI TAT ANTHONY AND OTHERS (and 6 others)

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.

[2025] HKCFI 5484 Court of First Instance

11 November 2025