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Hong Kong Leading Case freezing injunctions marevaequitable injunctions

Convoy Collateral Ltd v Broad Idea International Ltd

[2021] UKPC 24
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtPrivy Council
Year2021
StatusPersuasive authority

Summary

Freezing injunctions are a free-standing equitable remedy available in support of enforcement, not limited to pending or existing proceedings.

Key Principle

widely cited in HK for the principle that freezing relief is a free-standing equitable remedy in support of enforcement

Area of Law

Injunctive Relief

Related Cases

China Medical Technologies Inc (in liq) v Samson Med Tech Ltd [2014] 1 HKLRD 990

Mareva injunction principles, including worldwide freezing orders, applied in the context of HK liquidation proceedings.

Brink's Mat Ltd v Elcombe [1988] 1 WLR 1350

Applicants for without-notice injunctions owe a duty of full and frank disclosure of all material facts, breach of which may lead to discharge of the order.

Mareva Compania Naviera SA v International Bulkcarriers SA [1975] 2 Lloyd's Rep 509

Established the Mareva injunction, freezing a defendant's assets to prevent dissipation before judgment, subsequently adopted into HK practice under RHC O.29.

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