DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU (A FIRM) AND ANOTHER V. LAI DEREK KAR YAN AND OTHERS

[2026] HKCFI 43 Court of First Instance 31 March 2026 • HCCL7/2024 • 31 min read

21 cases cited (0 HK, 21 foreign)

Judges (1)

Counsel (6)

MinterEllison LLP Firm O’ Melveny & Myers Firm Charles Hollander Counsel Plaintiff Charles Sussex Counsel Defendant Duncan McCombe Counsel Plaintiff Sim Jing En Counsel Defendant

Parties (5)

Deloitte Touche Corporate Finance Limited Plaintiff Chan Chi Chung Defendant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (a firm) Plaintiff Kam Chung Hang Defendant Lai Derek Kar Yan Defendant

Statutes Cited

Basic Law

Art 35

Cases Cited (21)

UK (15)

[1982] Ch 431 [1988] QB 532 [1995] 1 WLR 1238 [1998] 1 WLR 114 [1999] 1 WLR 1964 [2004] EWCA Crim 311 [2004] EWHC 373 [2005] 1 WLR 2734 [2005] 1 WLR 766 [2011] Ch 296 [2011] EWCA Civ 1089 [2014] EWHC 1224 [2022] EWHC 2856 [2023] EWHC 935 [2024] 3 WLR 403

HK (6)

[2012] 2 HKLRD 701 [2015] 4 HKLRD 20 [2018] HKCA 408 [2021] 3 HKLRD 300 [2024] HKCFI 649 [2024] HKCFI 962