New judgments

The applicants are the owners of Unit 11B in a multi-storey building. The Building Authority served on them, pursuant to s.28(3) of the Buildings Ordinance, an order requiring them to repair a defective drain which exclusively served their unit. The applicants objected, contending that the repairs were the responsibility of the owners of Unit 10B downstairs because, due to the building's design, the drain passed through the floor slab and the defective section was affixed to the downstairs flat's ceiling (behind a false ceiling) where the drain exited the building to join the main drainage pipe. Under Clause 3.3.1 of the Deed of Mutual Covenant, the owner of Unit 10B granted a quasi-easement to the applicants to allow the pipe to pass through that unit.

Between July 2014 and January 2015, Convoy Financial Holdings Ltd (CFHL) issued four batches of bonds through placement agreements with Gransing Securities Co Ltd, with matching sub-placement agreements between Gransing and Convoy Investment Services Ltd (CISL). CISL, a company in which three CFHL executive directors (Mr Quincy Wong, Ms Rosetta Fong and D1) held indirect interests, was a connected person of CFHL. The sub-placement agreements and CISL's involvement were not disclosed to the CFHL Board or the Stock Exchange. CISL, acting through the shared CFHL/CISL pool of consultants, placed all the bonds and received approximately HK$50.8 million in commissions (about 98.5% of the HK$51.5 million paid by CFHL). The bonds were issued in connection with CFHL's Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (CIES) and the funding arrangements were largely circular, with a CFHL subsidiary lending to the bond subscribers.

The plaintiff, a Mainland Chinese company, invested HK$220,548,682 (Sum A) and HK$32,500,000 (Sum B) in an investment fund promoted by the defendant, Ms Kitty Kam, through SSGI and SSILP (Cayman Islands entities). The plaintiff alleges that Kam made fraudulent oral representations inducing the investments, that the plaintiff never acquired any interest in SSILP, and that HK$170,962,682 of Sum A was transferred to Kam's personal bank account in Singapore (Kam's SCB Account). Kam disputes the fraud allegations and contends the plaintiff was a nominee of Mr Zhi Xinfu and that the investments were valid. The plaintiff obtained a Mareva injunction and disclosure order against Kam in January 2023, and subsequently a Proprietary Injunction and Repatriation Order requiring Kam to pay HK$170,962,682 into the Hong Kong court within 14 days.

On 15 July 2019, the applicant, a national of Guinea, arrived at Hong Kong International Airport on a flight from Addis Ababa. A Customs officer discovered a large pellet of suspected dangerous drugs in her underwear, and X-rays at Queen Elizabeth Hospital revealed further foreign bodies inside her abdomen. Over subsequent days, the applicant discharged 53 pellets of dangerous drugs, the last of which she described as 'maybe cocaine'. The pellets together contained 1,459.3 grammes of a solid containing 1,252.7 grammes of cocaine, with an estimated street value of HK$2,072,206. At trial, she accepted that she was knowingly carrying narcotics but claimed she acted under duress.

This is the Defendant’s renewed application by Summons with a draft Notice of Appeal dated 19 March 2025 (“ Leave Summons ”) for leave to appeal against the order (“ Order ”) of DHCJ Grace Chow (“ Judge ”) dated 5 February 2025.

This is JC Camp’s application for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal handed down on 30 July 2025 ( [2025] HKCA 701 ; “ CA Judgment ”). For ease of reference, the terms and expressions in the CA Judgment are adopted.

In early 2009, the Plaintiff, Mr Lam Yee Hung (林義雄), a businessman, made an oral loan of around HK$40 million to Chinachem Charitable Foundation Limited (a Hong Kong company limited by guarantee set up by the late Mrs Nina Wang and her husband). The Foundation, then controlled by the Kung siblings and employees of the Chinachem Group, urgently needed funds to pursue the high-profile Probate Action over Mrs Wang's estate. Between 9 March and 12 June 2009, Mr Lam paid or caused to be paid a total of HK$42,850,000 in nine tranches into the Foundation's bank account. Under the pleaded oral agreement, the loan carried 'maximum interest permissible by the laws of Hong Kong (which was expressly agreed by the parties to mean 60% per annum)', repayable on demand after the conclusion of the Probate Action. The Probate Action concluded by 2011; Mr Lam demanded repayment in August 2014 and commenced action on 13 April 2015, also advancing an alternative unjust enrichment claim.