In our previous article titled Fraud Cases: Hong Kong Court’s Jurisdiction on the Grant of Vesting Orders, our team discussed the remedy of vesting orders in providing relief to victims of internet fraud in recovering their...more
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance case has denied declaratory and payment order relief sought by a company that had been the victim of cyber fraud because of issues with their pleadings. In the judgment, the Honourable...more
Regrettably, internet scams are on the rise in Hong Kong, consistent with the regrettable world trend. According to police, reports of cybercrimes in Hong Kong surged more than sevenfold during the past decade to 16,159...more
The Hong Kong court has reaffirmed its jurisdiction to grant vesting orders to assist victims of cyber fraud. The decision which is consistent with our recent success obtaining vesting orders for clients and two other 2021...more
The question of how willing the court is to impose fiduciary duties on a person informally involved in a company has, to an extent, been answered by the case of Karla Otto Ltd v Bulent Eren Bayram (24 February 2017). Such...more