MAI, JIEPING TRADING AS FAI TAT RMB EXCHANGE V. WONG, CHI HUNG

[2026] HKCFA 14 Court of Final Appeal 15 April 2026 • FACV5/2025 • 65 min read

38 cases cited (1 HK, 37 foreign) Cited by 3 cases

Outcome

Leave to appeal granted

leave to appeal was granted is accordingly as follows.

Source: [2026] HKCFA 14, Court of Final Appeal, decided 15 April 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

Practice Areas

Contract & Commercial Disputes

Judges (5)

Cheung Coram Fok Coram Lam Coram Lord Hoffmann Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (4)

Li, Kwok & Law Firm S.W. Wong & Associates Firm Joseph Wong Counsel Defendant Tommy Cheung Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (3)

Mai, Jieping Defendant Lo, Wing Pun Defendant Wong, Chi Hung Plaintiff

Case Significance

Mai, Jieping Trading as Fai Tat RMB Exchange v. Wong, Chi Hung [2026] HKCFA 14 was decided by the Court of Final Appeal on 15 April 2026, in the Contract & Commercial Disputes area. The recorded outcome states that "leave to appeal was granted is accordingly as follows." The proceedings followed the Court of Appeal's earlier treatment of the dispute in Wong, Chi Hung v. Lo, Wing Pun and Another [2025] HKCA 589 and [2025] HKCA 370. The Court of Final Appeal's decision has since been cited in 中紀投資有限公司 Centre Chase Investment Limited v. 青山道國際工業大廈業主立案法團 The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building and STL Company Limited [2026] HKCFA 26, Ravi Gidumal (Acting as Administrator of the Estate of Zubin Mahtani Gidumal) and Others v. Dr. Richard Wing Chiu and Another [2026] HKCFI 2660, and Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park Co, Ltd v. Chat Yat Chiu and Others (and 1 other) [2026] HKDC 1084.

What outcome did the Court of Final Appeal reach in Mai, Jieping Trading as Fai Tat RMB Exchange v. Wong, Chi Hung ([2026] HKCFA 14)?

In Mai, Jieping Trading as Fai Tat RMB Exchange v. Wong, Chi Hung [2026] HKCFA 14, the Court of Final Appeal's recorded outcome states that leave to appeal was granted, following earlier Court of Appeal proceedings between the same parties in [2025] HKCA 589 and [2025] HKCA 370.

Which prior decisions did the Court of Final Appeal review in this contract dispute ([2026] HKCFA 14)?

The Court of Final Appeal in [2026] HKCFA 14 reviewed the Court of Appeal's decisions in Wong, Chi Hung v. Lo, Wing Pun and Another [2025] HKCA 589 and [2025] HKCA 370, part of the same underlying Contract & Commercial Disputes matter involving Wong, Chi Hung.

Statutes Cited

Basic Law

Art 82 Art 84

Cases Cited (38)

SG (1)

[2022] SGCA(I) 1

UK (24)

[1920] 2 KB 287 [1929] 1 KB 470 [1939] 2 KB 678 [1943] 1 AC 32 [1943] AC 32 [1950] AC 327 [1975] AC 774 [1976] AC 443 [1987] 1 WLR 1116 [1990] Ch 1 [1994] 1 AC 340 [2001] QB 955 [2009] AC 1339 [2013] QB 840 [2014] 1 WLR 2889 [2015] AC 430 [2016] AC 1 [2017] AC 467 [2018] AC 843 [2021] AC 540 [2023] 1 WLR 4045 [2024] AC 1 [2024] Ch 318 [2026] 2 WLR 187

HK (13)

(2004) 7 HKCFAR 79 (2008) 11 HKCFAR 117 (2012) 15 HKCFAR 569 (2013) 16 HKCFAR 595 (2015) 18 HKCFAR 544 (2016) 19 HKCFAR 371 [2016] 5 HKC 585 [2018] 4 HKLRD 294 [2023] 2 HKLRD 1311 [2023] HKDC 1284 [2024] 4 HKLRD 991 [2025] HKCA 370 [2025] HKCA 589

Cited By (3)

[2026] HKDC 1084

LAI CHI KOK AMUSEMENT PARK CO, LTD V. CHAT YAT CHIU AND OTHERS (and 1 other)

[2026] HKCFA 26

中紀投資有限公司 CENTRE CHASE INVESTMENT LIMITED V. 青山道國際工業大廈業主立案法團 THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND STL COMPANY LIMITED

[2026] HKCFI 2660

RAVI GIDUMAL (ACTING AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ZUBIN MAHTANI GIDUMAL) AND OTHERS V. DR. RICHARD WING CHIU AND ANOTHER

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] HKDC 1084 District Court

25 June 2026

[2026] HKCFA 26 Court of Final Appeal

18 June 2026

[2026] HKCFI 2660 Court of First Instance

29 May 2026