Liquidators' costs in a preference claim *

Hong Kong, United Kingdom - May 13 2013
In The Joint and Several Liquidators of QQ Club Limited (in liquidation) v. Golden Year Limited (HCCW 245/2011, 9 April 2013) (QQ Club), the Court of…

Co-authors: Edmund M. S. Ma.

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Value for money - the guiding principle in assessing liquidators' remuneration on administration of trust assets *

Hong Kong - January 29 2013
Did you know that the court's guiding principle on assessing remuneration for liquidators in respect of their administration of trust assets held by…

Co-authors: Edmund M. S. Ma.

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Court rules on Yung Kee restaurant case *

Hong Kong - November 14 2012
The Court of First Instance delivered its judgment in the high-profile case of Kam Kwan Sing v Kam Kwan Lai & Ors. (HCCW 154/2010) on 31 October 2012, in which the Petitioner applied to wind up Yung Kee Holdings Limited, the company indirectly holding the well known Yung Kee restaurant in Central, Hong Kong.

Co-authors: Edmund M. S. Ma.

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Litigation funding for liquidators in Hong Kong: exemption applied with a PRC twist *

Hong Kong - July 30 2012
In the recent decision of Re Po Yuen (To’s) Machine Factory Limited [2012] HKCU 816, the Honourable Mr. Justice Harris confirmed that the liquidators of a company in liquidation may enter into a litigation funding arrangement with a third party and that the funding may come in the form of a contingency fee arrangement with the third party.

Co-authors: Justine T. K. Lau , Thomas A. Pugh.

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Provisional liquidations & the taxation of fees *

Hong Kong - June 29 2012
DID YOU KNOW...that interim fees incurred by provisional liquidators (including agents’ fees), previously thought to have been payable from the funds of an insolvent estate without formal taxation, are now required to be taxed.

Co-authors: Edmund M. S. Ma, Justine T. K. Lau .

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