Case Details

Citation

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS, CACV 208D/2008

Case Number

CACV 208D/2008

Court

Court of Appeal

(CA)

Decision Date

5 June 2009

Parties

Applicant(s):

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED

Respondent(s):

HARMUTTY LIMITED, HADDOWE LIMITED, CASPARSON PROPERTIES LIMITED, HU HUNG CHIU (胡洪九), YIP CHI HUNG (葉稚雄), CHUNG CHE LING (鍾子陵), TUNG YU JEH (仝玉潔), SUN TAO TSUN (孫道存), TAM PUI NA, RAFIA (譚佩娜), WONG KUN TO (黃勤道), CHEUNG KWAN HUNG, ANTHONY (張鈞鴻), AFTERVILLE LIMITED, NEE SOON LIMITED, SHOWGROUND LIMITED, BERRIDALE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED, JUTECH INVESTMENTS LIMITED, ALL DRAGON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, BLINCO ENTERPRISES LIMITED, PATAGONIA LIMITED, MA KAM FOOK, ROBERT (馬金福), HU SUN MAR LI (胡孫瑪琍), TEXAN MANAGEMENT LIMITED, CLIPPER INVESTMENT LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PACIFIC CAPITAL (INVESTMENT) LIMITED）, PCL HOLDINGS LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PACIFIC CAPITAL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED), LAIDLAW PACIFIC FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PACIFIC CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED), SUPER WISH LIMITED, HU HUNG CHIU（胡洪九）, WONG KUN TO（黃勤道）, CHEUNG KWAN HUNG, ANTHONY（張鈞鴻）, MA KAM FOOK, ROBERT（馬金褔）, CHENG SHU WING（鄭樹榮）, TUNG YU JEH（仝玉潔）, SUN TAO TSUN（孫道存）, PANG HONG（龐鴻）, GOLD GLOBAL LIMITED, PCL NOMINEES LIMITED, GREATEAM LIMITED, CHUNG CHE LING（鍾子陵）, YIP CHI HUNG（葉稚雄）, TAM PUI NA, RAFIA（譚佩娜）, HU SUN MAR LI（胡孫瑪琍）, MA KAM FOOK, ROBERT (馬金褔)

For Applicant(s):

Mr Anthony Neoh SC and Ms Barbara Wong, instructed by Messrs W K To & Co

For Respondent(s):

Mr Robert Whitehead SC and Mr Steven Kwan, instructed by Messrs Haldanes

Judges

Rogers
Le Pichon

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS

CACV 208D/2008

Court of Appeal5 June 2009

Judges:RogersLe Pichon

CACV000208D/2008 PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS

CACV 208/2008, CACV 210/2008, CACV 211/2008, CACV 212/2008,
CACV 351/2008 AND CACV 352/2008

CACV 208/2008

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 208 OF 2008

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA NO. 2763 OF 2004)

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BETWEEN

	PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED	Plaintiff
	and
	HARMUTTY LIMITED	1^st Defendant
	HADDOWE LIMITED	2^nd Defendant
	CASPARSON PROPERTIES LIMITED	3^rd Defendant
	HU HUNG CHIU (胡洪九)	4^th Defendant
	YIP CHI HUNG (葉稚雄)	5^th Defendant
	CHUNG CHE LING (鍾子陵)	6^th Defendant
	TUNG YU JEH (仝玉潔)	7^th Defendant
	SUN TAO TSUN (孫道存)	8^th Defendant
	TAM PUI NA, RAFIA (譚佩娜)	9^th Defendant
	WONG KUN TO (黃勤道)	10^th Defendant
	CHEUNG KWAN HUNG, ANTHONY (張鈞鴻)	11^th Defendant
	AFTERVILLE LIMITED	12^th Defendant
	NEE SOON LIMITED	13^th Defendant
	SHOWGROUND LIMITED	14^th Defendant
	BERRIDALE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	15^th Defendant
	JUTECH INVESTMENTS LIMITED	16^th Defendant
	ALL DRAGON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	17^th Defendant
	BLINCO ENTERPRISES LIMITED	18^th Defendant
	PATAGONIA LIMITED	19^th Defendant
	MA KAM FOOK, ROBERT (馬金福)	20^th Defendant
	HU SUN MAR LI (胡孫瑪琍)	21^st Defendant

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AND

CACV 210/2008

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 210 OF 2008

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA NO. 2203 OF 2004)

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BETWEEN

	PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED	Plaintiff
	and
	TEXAN MANAGEMENT LIMITED	1^st Defendant
	CLIPPER INVESTMENT LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PACIFIC CAPITAL (INVESTMENT) LIMITED）	2^nd Defendant
	PACIFIC CAPITAL (ASIA) LIMITED	3^rd Defendant
	ALL DRAGON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	4^th Defendant
	PCL HOLDINGS LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PACIFIC CAPITAL (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)	5^th Defendant
	LAIDLAW PACIFIC FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED (FORMERLY KNOWN AS PACIFIC CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)	6^th Defendant
	SUPER WISH LIMITED	7^th Defendant
	HU HUNG CHIU（胡洪九）	8^th Defendant
	WONG KUN TO（黃勤道）	9^th Defendant
	CHEUNG KWAN HUNG, ANTHONY（張鈞鴻）	10^th Defendant
	MA KAM FOOK, ROBERT（馬金褔）	11^th Defendant
	CHENG SHU WING（鄭樹榮）	12^th Defendant
	TUNG YU JEH（仝玉潔）	13^th Defendant
	SUN TAO TSUN（孫道存）	14^th Defendant
	PANG HONG（龐鴻）	15^th Defendant

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AND

CACV 211/2008

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 211 OF 2008

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA NO. 2746 OF 2004)

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BETWEEN

	PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED	Plaintiff
	and
	GOLD GLOBAL LIMITED	1^st Defendant
	PCL NOMINEES LIMITED	2^nd Defendant
	GREATEAM LIMITED	3^rd Defendant
	HU HUNG CHIU（胡洪九）	4^th Defendant
	CHUNG CHE LING（鍾子陵）	5^th Defendant
	YIP CHI HUNG（葉稚雄）	6^th Defendant
	TAM PUI NA, RAFIA（譚佩娜）	7^th Defendant
	HARMUTTY LIMITED	8^th Defendant

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AND

CACV 212/2008

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 212 OF 2008

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA NO. 2763 OF 2004)

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BETWEEN

	PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED	Plaintiff
	and
	HARMUTTY LIMITED	1^st Defendant
	HADDOWE LIMITED	2^nd Defendant
	CASPARSON PROPERTIES LIMITED	3^rd Defendant
	HU HUNG CHIU（胡洪九）	4^th Defendant
	YIP CHI HUNG（葉稚雄）	5^th Defendant
	CHUNG CHE LING（鍾子陵）	6^th Defendant
	TUNG YU JEH（仝玉潔）	7^th Defendant
	SUN TAO TSUN（孫道存）	8^th Defendant
	TAM PUI NA, RAFIA（譚佩娜）	9^th Defendant
	WONG KUN TO（黃勤道）	10^th Defendant
	CHEUNG KWAN HUNG, ANTHONY（張鈞鴻）	11^th Defendant
	AFTERVILLE LIMITED	12^th Defendant
	NEE SOON LIMITED	13^th Defendant
	SHOWGROUND LIMITED	14^th Defendant
	BERRIDALE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	15^th Defendant
	JUTECH INVESTMENTS LIMITED	16^th Defendant
	ALL DRAGON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	17^th Defendant
	BLINCO ENTERPRISES LIMITED	18^th Defendant
	PATAGONIA LIMITED	19^th Defendant
	MA KAM FOOK, ROBERT（馬金褔）	20^th Defendant
	HU SUN MAR LI（胡孫瑪琍）	21^st Defendant

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AND

CACV 351/2008

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 351 OF 2008

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA NO. 2746 OF 2004)

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BETWEEN

	PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED	Plaintiff
	and
	GOLD GLOBAL LIMITED	1^st Defendant
	PCL NOMINEES LIMITED	2^nd Defendant
	GREATEAM LIMITED	3^rd Defendant
	HU HUNG CHIU（胡洪九）	4^th Defendant
	CHUNG CHE LING（鍾子陵）	5^th Defendant
	YIP CHI HUNG（葉稚雄）	6^th Defendant
	TAM PUI NA, RAFIA（譚佩娜）	7^th Defendant
	HARMUTTY LIMITED	8^th Defendant

----------------------

AND

CACV 352/2008

IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION

COURT OF APPEAL

CIVIL APPEAL NO. 352 OF 2008

(ON APPEAL FROM HCA NO. 2763 OF 2004)

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BETWEEN

	PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED	Plaintiff
	and
	HARMUTTY LIMITED	1^st Defendant
	HADDOWE LIMITED	2^nd Defendant
	CASPARSON PROPERTIES LIMITED	3^rd Defendant
	HU HUNG CHIU（胡洪九）	4^th Defendant
	YIP CHI HUNG（葉稚雄）	5^th Defendant
	CHUNG CHE LING（鍾子陵）	6^th Defendant
	TUNG YU JEH（仝玉潔）	7^th Defendant
	SUN TAO TSUN（孫道存）	8^th Defendant
	TAM PUI NA, RAFIA（譚佩娜）	9^th Defendant
	WONG KUN TO（黃勤道）	10^th Defendant
	CHEUNG KWAN HUNG, ANTHONY（張鈞鴻）	11^th Defendant
	AFTERVILLE LIMITED	12^th Defendant
	NEE SOON LIMITED	13^th Defendant
	SHOWGROUND LIMITED	14^th Defendant
	BERRIDALE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED	15^th Defendant
	JUTECH INVESTMENTS LIMITED	16^th Defendant
	ALL DRAGON INTERNATIONAL LIMITED	17^th Defendant
	BLINCO ENTERPRISES LIMITED	18^th Defendant
	PATAGONIA LIMITED	19^th Defendant
	MA KAM FOOK, ROBERT (馬金褔)	20^th Defendant
	HU SUN MAR LI (胡孫瑪琍)	21^st Defendant

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(Heard together)

Before: Hon Rogers VP and Le Pichon JA in Court

Date of Hearing: 5 June 2009

Date of Judgment: 5 June 2009

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J U D G M E N T

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Hon Rogers VP:

1. In this case, this Court has made clear that, quite apart from anything else, it does not consider that this matter was fit for Order 14. So if one considers the criteria for granting leave in interlocutory appeals, I regret that whether or not there is a question of great general or public importance as regards whether the exact wording of Order 14 rule 1(2) and the exclusion of actions which include a claim by the Plaintiff based on an allegation of fraud and whether that means that an Order 14 application can be made, notwithstanding that the underlying root cause of the action as pleaded is based on fraud, or whether, as the Plaintiff says, it can seek ancillary relief, even though it says that it does not rely on the allegation of fraud, that is a matter in respect of which I would not give leave to appeal.

2. When the matter is considered in the round, even if that is taken to the Court of Final Appeal, there remains the matter as to whether this action was fit for an Order 14 application. This Court was clearly of the view that it was not.

3. In that case, it seems to me that it would be wholly academic to give leave and I, for my part, would not be prepared to give leave.

Hon Le Pichon JA:

4. I agree.

(Anthony Rogers)	(Doreen Le Pichon)
Vice-President	Justice of Appeal

Mr Anthony Neoh SC and Ms Barbara Wong, instructed by Messrs W K To & Co., for the Plaintiff/Applicant in all appeals (“PEWC”)

Mr Clifford Smith SC and Ms Rachel Lam, instructed by Messrs Tanner De Witt, for the 18th and 19th Defendants in CACV 208/2008/Respondents (“Blinco & Patagonia”)

Mr Simon Westbrook SC and Mr Jeevan Hingorani, instructed by Messrs Gall & Lane, for the 1st, 3rd, 4th and 7th Defendants in CACV 210/2008; the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 8th Defendants in CACV 211/2008; and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 17th Defendants in CACV 212/2008/Respondents (“the Corporate Defendants”)

Mr Robert Whitehead SC and Mr Steven Kwan, instructed by Messrs Haldanes, for the 4th Defendant in CACV 208, 211, 212, 351 and 352/2008; and the 8th Defendant in CACV 210/2008/Intervener (“Mr Hu”)

Mr Edward Alder, instructed by Messrs Kennedys, for the Joint and Several Receivers of the 2nd and 3rd Defendants in CACV 208/2008; the 5th Defendant in CACV 210/2008; and the 3rd Defendant in CACV 211/2008

Application for leave to appeal by the plaintiff dismissed by Court of Final Appeal. Please refer to FAMV28/2009 to FAMV33/2009 dated 14 September 2009

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Appeal history

HCA 2763/2004
Judgment not in library
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. TEXAN MANAGEMENT LTD AND OTHERS
CFI · 28 Feb 2006
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. TEXAN MANAGEMENT LTD AND OTHERS
CA · 17 Jul 2007
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. TEXAN MANAGEMENT LTD AND OTHERS
CA · 17 Jul 2007
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS
CA · 14 Nov 2007
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HU HUNG CHIU AND OTHERS
CFA · 13 Mar 2008
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. TEXAN MANAGEMENT LTD AND OTHERS
CA · 17 Sept 2008
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS
CA · 2 Oct 2008
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS
CA · 3 Mar 2009
On appeal from
PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS
CA · 5 Jun 2009
This judgment

Case Details

Citation

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO LTD v. HARMUTTY LTD AND OTHERS, CACV 208D/2008

Case Number

CACV 208D/2008

Court

Court of Appeal

(CA)

Decision Date

5 June 2009

Parties

Applicant(s):

PACIFIC ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE COMPANY LIMITED

Respondent(s):

For Applicant(s):

Mr Anthony Neoh SC and Ms Barbara Wong, instructed by Messrs W K To & Co

For Respondent(s):

Mr Robert Whitehead SC and Mr Steven Kwan, instructed by Messrs Haldanes

Judges

Rogers
Le Pichon