Read the full judgment text of HCA 002433/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 13 March 2003.
1. The plaintiff is a firm of practising solicitors in Hong Kong. The 1st defendant is an international law firm based in New York. The 2nd defendant is its connected local firm operating here. The 3rd and 4th defendants were at all material times respectively a capital and salaried partner of the plaintiff. In about May 1999, the plaintiff and the 1st and 2nd defendants began merger discussions, which subsequently fell through. On 11 June 2002, the 3rd and 4th defendants, together with some oth