Chan Chun Hoo v. Waddington Ltd

Read the full judgment text of FAMV 16/2007 on BabelCite. This FAMV judgment was delivered on 4 June 2007 before Bokhary PJ, Chan PJ, Ribeiro PJ.

1. We grant leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal under the “question of great general or public importance” limb of s.22(1)(b) of the Court’s statute, doing so in regard to the first two questions set out in para.10 of the applicant’s Notice of Motion but not in regard to the third question set out in that paragraph.  In other words, the leave which we grant is confined to the “reflective loss” and “multiple derivative action” issues.

Outcome: Leave to appeal granted in part, limited to the reflective loss and multiple derivative action issues.

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Case No.FAMV 16/2007[2006] HKLRD 896[2008] 11 HKCFAR 370[2009] HKC 381[2019] 1 HKLRD 271
Court
FAMV
Date04 Jun 2007
JudgeBokhary PJ, Chan PJ, Ribeiro PJ
Case Document
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FAMV No. 16 of 2007

IN THE COURT OF FINAL APPEAL OF THE

HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION 

MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO. 16 OF 2007 (CIVIL)

(ON APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL FROM CACV NO. 220 OF 2005)

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Between:

  CHAN CHUN HOO Applicant
  - and -  
  WADDINGTON LIMITED
(Suing on behalf of itself and all other shareholders in PLAYMATES HOLDINGS LIMITED except the 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th Defendants)
Respondent

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Appeal Committee: Mr Justice Bokhary PJ, Mr Justice Chan PJ and Mr Justice Ribeiro PJ

Date of Hearing: 4 June 2007

Date of Determination: 4 June 2007

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D E T E R M I N A T I O N

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Mr Justice Bokhary PJ :

1. We grant leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal under the “question of great general or public importance” limb of s.22(1)(b) of the Court’s statute, doing so in regard to the first two questions set out in para.10 of the applicant’s Notice of Motion but not in regard to the third question set out in that paragraph.  In other words, the leave which we grant is confined to the “reflective loss” and “multiple derivative action” issues.

(Kemal Bokhary)
Permanent Judge
(Patrick Chan)
Permanent Judge
(RAV Ribeiro)
Permanent Judge

Mr Victor Joffe QC, Mr Martin Lee SC and Mr Hectar Pun (instructed by Messrs Fairbairn Catley Low & Kong) for the applicant

Mr Benjamin Yu SC and Miss Eva Sit (instructed by Messrs Kao, Lee & Yip) for the respondent

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