Read the full judgment text of HCMP 796/2009 on BabelCite. This Court of First Instance judgment was delivered on 23 March 2010 before Deputy High Court Judge Carlson.
Securities and Futures Commission – Section 213 – Mareva injunction – case management – bilingual judge – translation of documents – counsel of choice – costs – pre-trial review – SFC brought proceedings under s.213 SFO; Mareva injunction froze $160 million; case involves Chinese documents; 5th Defendant and Intervener instructed monolingual counsel Mr Barlow SC – Whether case should be tried by bilingual judge or documents translated – court held translation appropriate, balancing right to counsel of choice against cost and inconvenience – Court ordered translation of Chinese documents with costs shared equally; trial to start not before 84 days.
Legal issues: Case management: bilingual judge vs translation of documents
Outcome: The court ruled that the case need not be tried by a bilingual judge; the parties shall translate the Chinese documents and share the cost of translation equally at this pre-trial stage.
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