NG YIU CHI ELEANOR V. REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES AND ANOTHER

[2025] HKCA 610 Court of Appeal 26 June 2025 • CACV117/2024 • 18 min read
3 cases cited (0 SG, 3 foreign)

Practice Areas

Companies Ordinance Limitation Ordinance

Judges (3)

Barma Coram Chu Coram Reyes Coram

Counsel (5)

HK&JY Solicitors Firm Philip S W Chan & Co Firm Kwan, Yu Hin Eugene Counsel Plaintiff Lai, Adrian Y H Counsel Defendant Tsang, Raymond W N Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

Hultucktong Enterprises Limited Defendant Registrar of Companies Defendant Ng Yiu Chi Eleanor Plaintiff

Summary

Corporate dispute where Ng Yiu Chi Eleanor challenged the Registrar of Companies' acceptance of a Form IB filed by Hultucktong Enterprises Limited under the Companies Ordinance. The Court of Appeal (Chu VP, Barma JA and Deputy High Court Judge Reyes SC) dismissed the appeal as an abuse of process and ordered indemnity costs against the plaintiff.

Statutes Cited

Companies Ordinance (Cap 622)
Limitation Ordinance (Cap 347)

Cases Cited (3)

UK (2)
[1954] 1 WLR 1489 [1975] AC 581
HK (1)
[2024] HKCFI 654

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 610)