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Court of Final Appeal
27 October 2006
Fiduciary duty
 

Court of First Instance
21 March 2003
Tracing
 

Court of First Instance
9 June 2006
Dishonest assistance
 

26 May 2008
Knowing receipt and assistance
10 August 2009
 

Akihiro Oba v. Kishimoto Sangyo Co Ltd

Court of First Instance 6 September 1995 Fiduciary duty
Court of Appeal 12 April 1996
 

Alan Hoo v. Benjamin Lung

Court of Appeal

11 May 2007

Use of trade name – fiduciary duty

 

Court of First Instance
9 June 2005
Constructive trust
 

Banco Nacional SA v. Tse Mun Hei

Court of First Instance 8 July 1994 Change of position
 

Court of First Instance
18 July 2005
Recovery of stolen money
 

Court of Appeal
16 March 2005
Joint venture
 

5 September 2006
Undue influence
15 January 2008
 

Court of First Instance
27 November 2001
Undue influence
 

Court of First Instance
24 August 2006
Undue influence
 

Court of First Instance
8 May 2002
Undue influence
 

Court of Appeal
30 May 1995
Conflict of laws
 

Court of First Instance
24 April 2001
Illegality
 

19 October 2001
Recovery of deposit
18 July 2002
 

Court of First Instance
28 October 1994
Bribes
 

Court of First Instance
3 November 2006
Constructive trust
 

Court of Final Appeal
27 May 2004
Constructive trust
 

Chan Kam Tsuen Walter v. Chan Chun Hei David

Court of First Instance 19 June 1998 Money had and received
 

Chekiang First Bank v. Fong Siu Kin

Court of First Instance 11 October 1996
Undue influence
Court of Appeal 12 March 1997
 

Court of First Instance
25 October 2005
Fiduciary duty
 

Court of First Instance
28 September 2006
Misrepresentation
 

30 August 1999
Contribution and receipt of trust property
19 December 2002
 

Court of Appeal
13 February 1996
Breach of confidence
 

Chinese United Establishments Ltd v. Cheung Siu Ki

Court of First Instance 18 February 1997 Breach of fiduciary duty
 

Court of First Instance
15 November 1995
Breach of fiduciary duty
 

Choy Bing Wing v. Hong Kong and Shanghai Hotels

Court of Appeal 10 May 1995 Quantum meruit
 

Court of First Instance
22 February 2000
Undue influence
 

Court of First Instance
28 October 2002
Undue influence
 

28 December 2000
Forfeiture of deposit
6 December 2001
 

Court of First Instance
28 January 2000
Incomplete contract
 

Court of First Instance
15 July 1994
Forfeiture of deposit
 

Court of First Instance
28 October 1994
Mistake
 

Court of First Instance
7 September 1999
Receipt of trust property
 

19 July 2005
Fiduciary duty and economic duress
12 October 2006
 

Court of First Instance
21 August 2001
Duress and illegality
 

Court of First Instance
11 August 1995
Contribution
 

Court of First Instance
12 September 2000
Resulting trust
 

Court of First Instance
29 January 1999
Jurisdiction
 

Court of First Instance
9 May 2005
Principal and agent
 

Court of First Instance
12 December 2002
Jurisdiction
 

Court of First Instance
21 February 2003
Quantum meruit
 

Court of First Instance
25 May 2004
Quistclose trust
 

Court of First Instance
12 July 1999
Change of position
 

4 April 2006
Quantum meruit - building work
7 December 2006
 

Court of First Instance
20 August 1999
Subrogation
 

Court of First Instance
12 July 2006
Duty to account
 

Court of First Instance
21 December 2000
Subrogation
 

Court of First Instance
8 December 1998
Subrogation
 

Court of First Instance
25 October 2000
Change of position
 

Court of First Instance
18 February 2010
Free acceptance
 

Court of First Instance
12 July 1993
Secret commissions
 

Court of First Instance
20 July 2001
Quantum meruit
 

Court of First Instance
12 October 2006
Misrepresentation and undue influence
 

Court of First Instance
13 September 2005
Mistake
 

Court of First Instance
2 April 2003
Fiduciary duty
(also here)
 

Court of First Instance
6 July 2005
Undue influence
 

Court of First Instance
15 March 1993
Recovery of advance payment
 

Kwai Hung Realty Co v. Kung Mo Ng

Court of First Instance 24 December 1997 Common law tracing
(also here)
 

Lai Sau King v. Lam Charp Fat

Court of First Instance 10 March 1995 Rights between cohabitants - illegality
 

7 August 2001
Undue influence
25 September 2002
 

Lee Po San v. Fung Shing Ting's Executor

Court of First Instance 28 July 1997 Rights between cohabitants
(also here)
 

Court of First Instance
26 March 2003
Compulsion
 

Court of First Instance
4 January 2007
Lien over legal documents
 

30 May 2002
Undue influence
11 April 2003
17 December 2004
 

Court of First Instance
28 February 2001
Contract - illegality
 

Court of First Instance
20 May 1997
Resulting trust
 

Court of First Instance
9 June 2000
Unconscionability
 

Court of First Instance
20 May 2005
Payment on behalf of another
 

Court of First Instance
23 June 2006
Pecuniary rescission
 

Court of Final Appeal
16 February 2007
Money paid under judgment later set aside
 

Court of First Instance
6 September 2006
Failure of consideration
 

Court of Final Appeal
23 May 2006
Unconscionable conduct
 

Court of First Instance
16 March 1999
Constructive trust
(also here)
 

Nanus Asia Co v. Standard Chartered Bank

Court of First Instance 22 September 1988 Insider dealing - constructive trust
(also here)
 

Court of First Instance
18 April 2005
Undue influence
 

Court of First Instance
16 June 2006
Confidential information
 

Court of First Instance
6 March 2002
Subrogation
 

Court of First Instance
16 September 2008
Recovery of deposit
 

Court of First Instance
2 March 2000
Mistake
 

Court of First Instance
15 July 2008
Mistake of law
 

Padilla Chien Mateo v. Chan Choi Hing

Court of First Instance 30 April 1997 Economic duress
(also here)
 

Court of First Instance
15 May 2000
Misrepresentation
 

Court of First Instance
7 January 2005
Mistake
 

Court of First Instance
1 June 2006
Dishonest assistance
 

Court of Final Appeal
27 February 2009
Fraud – limitation
 

Court of Appeal
30 May 2006
Dishonest assistance
 

23 November 1999
Recovery of deposit
20 October 2000
25 February 2002
 

Poon Ting Chau v. Wong Kwok Chi

Court of First Instance

2 May 2007

Matrimonial property

 

Court of First Instance
24 March 2005
Quistclose trust
 

Court of First Instance
7 February 2003
Constructive trust
(also here)
 

22 August 2002
Proceeds of credit
6 June 2003
2 April 2004
 

Court of First Instance
4 November 2005
Quistclose trust
 

Court of First Instance
10 April 2001
Mistake
 

Court of First Instance
3 December 2004
Profit from trespass
 

Court of First Instance
3 December 1998
Recovery of pre-payment
 

Court of First Instance
2 November 2005
Confidential information
 

Court of First Instance
22 November 2001
Overpayment – illegality
 

Court of First Instance
5 June 2009
Total failure of consideration
 

Court of First Instance
7 July 2006
Share transfer - fraud
 

Tang Man Sit v. Capacious Investments

Court of First Instance 10 March 1993 Election between remedies
Court of Appeal 29 April 1994
Privy Council 18 December 1995
 

Court of First Instance
18 January 2007
Subrogation
 

Court of First Instance
27 April 2005
Knowing assistance
 

Court of First Instance
9 December 2003
Mistake
 

Court of First Instance
17 January 2006
Common mistake
 

Court of Final Appeal
5 January 2006
Breach of fiduciary duty
 

Court of First Instance
26 January 2006
Undue influence
 

Court of First Instance
26 May 1999
Resulting trust
 

Court of Appeal
30 July 2002
Recovery of deposit
(see also subsequent proceedings on tracing)
 

In the matter of UDL Holdings Ltd

Court of First Instance
7 June 2006
Quistclose trust
 

Union Eagle v. Golden Achievement

Court of First Instance 27 April 1995
Relief against forfeiture
Court of Appeal 29 November 1995
Privy Council 2 December 1997
(also here)
 

22 December 2005
Misrepresentation
4 October 2006
 

13 May 2003
Duress
17 June 2004
 

Watson v. Smith

Court of First Instance
30 December 1997
Resulting trust
Court of Appeal 23 June 1998
 

1 August 2005
Interest
25 January 2007
 

6 September 2007
Ultra vires payment by company
20 May 2008
 

Court of First Instance
10 January 2006
Estoppel
 

Court of First Instance
28 January 1994
Subrogation
 

Court of First Instance
7 January 2009
Illegality – resulting trust
 

Wu Yi Construction Co Ltd v. Big Island Asia Ltd

Court of First Instance
29 June 2009
Recoupment
 

Wycombe Investment Ltd v. Edwin Leong Siu Hung

Court of First Instance
18 July 2005
Fiduciary duty
 

Court of First Instance
23 September 2005
Undue influence and misrepresentation
 

Court of First Instance
7 April 2006
Resulting trust
 

Court of First Instance
17 September 2007
Benefit conferred by sub-contractor
 

Court of First Instance
12 September 2008
Mistake and failure of consideration
 

     
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