Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000126/1996 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 27 January 1998.
1. Although this is an action in the commercial list, it is essentially a family dispute between the 1st Plaintiff (Mr. Ko) and his son, the 1st Defendant (K.K. Ko). It arises out of efforts to rescue the family company, the 6th Defendant (H.K. Clays), from its financial difficulties in 1990. These efforts were at the instigation of K.K. Ko and involved joining forces with New World Development Company Ltd. which through the 2nd - 4th Defendants took the lead in trying to obtain a change of use