Read the full judgment text of CACV 000134/2009 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 19 July 2010.
1. The defendant is a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands and listed in Hong Kong. There is no dispute that for the purpose of Mainland laws and regulations, the defendant is an overseas company （境外機構）. The plaintiff’s claim for damages for loss of a chance to earn a sum of US$180,000 under an agreement dated 13 February 2006 (“the agreement”) was dismissed by Deputy Judge Louis Chan. This is the plaintiff’s appeal.