BEIJING SONGXIANGHU ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION ENGINEERING CO LTD V. KITTY KAM ALSO KNOWN AS WANG YUZHI (and 1 other)

[2025] HKCA 1134 Court of Appeal 17 December 2025 • CACV495/2024; CAMP247/2024 • 52 min read
26 cases cited (0 SG, 26 foreign)

Practice Areas

High Court Ordinance Rules of the High Court

Judges (3)

Barma Coram G Lam Coram Kwan Coram

Counsel (8)

Bowers Firm P.C. Woo & Co Firm Alex Yeung Counsel Plaintiff Arthur Poon Counsel Plaintiff Douglas Lam Counsel Plaintiff Jat Sew-Tong Counsel Defendant Jonathan Fung Counsel Defendant Sabrina Ho Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Beijing Songxianghu Architectural Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd. (⾹⼯) Plaintiff Kitty Kam Defendant

Summary

Appeal by Beijing Songxianghu Architectural Decoration Engineering Co Ltd against Kitty Kam (also known as Wang Yuzhi), heard together with a related miscellaneous proceedings application. The case concerned a debt claim and the defendant's non-compliance with court orders, including a repatriation order. The Court of Appeal addressed issues of deemed admissions under Order 18 rule 13 and the consequences of failure to traverse allegations.

Statutes Cited

High Court Ordinance (Cap 4)
Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Cases Cited (26)

UK (12)
[1915] 2 KB 536 [1964] AC 993 [1988] 1 WLR 1256 [1991] 1 WLR 756 [2003] EWHC 55 [2004] 4 All ER 793 [2004] EWCA Civ 827 [2007] 1 WLR 1864 [2007] EWCA Civ 1501 [2011] EWHC 2506 [2013] 1 WLR 1331 [2016] EWHC 850
HK (14)
[2012] 3 HKLRD 119 [2013] 1 HKLRD 274 [2016] 4 HKLRD 360 [2018] HKCA 10 [2018] HKCA 732 [2019] 2 HKLRD 220 [2022] 1 HKLRD 1349 [2023] HKCFI 159 [2024] HKCFI 1658 [2024] HKCFI 2194 [2024] HKCFI 3068 [2024] HKCFI 3614 [2025] 3 HKLRD 66 [2025] HKCFI 3356

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 1134)