[2025] HKCFI 5505, VICTORY CITY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER V. DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU (A FIRM) - Judgment, Outcome & Holding

Judges (1)

Counsel (5)

MinterEllison LLP Firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain Firm Bonnie Y K Cheng Counsel Defendant Eugene Kwan Counsel Plaintiff Sara Tong Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

Victory City Company Limited Plaintiff Victory City International Holdings Limited Plaintiff Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (a firm) Defendant

Summary

Victory City International Holdings Ltd (in liquidation) and another sued Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (a firm) for auditor negligence. The case involved claims by a company in liquidation against its former auditors for professional negligence. The Court of First Instance determined the matter.

Statutes Cited

High Court Ordinance (Cap 4)

s 41

Limitation Ordinance (Cap 347)

Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Cases Cited (18)

UK (14)

[1930] 1 KB 588 [1949] 2 All ER 796 [1950] Ch 96 [1982] 1 All ER 673 [2002] 1 WLR 1562 [2003] 1 WLR 210 [2003] EWHC 1786 [2003] EWHC 2568 [2007] EWHC 39 [2008] EWHC 55 [2013] EWHC 1215 [2020] EWHC 1416 [2022] EWHC 2022 [2023] EWHC 2568

HK (4)

[1983] 2 HKC 436 [1997] 3 HKC 802 [2019] 5 HKLRD 686 [2024] HKCFI 1540