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    Frivolous opposition to a winding up: A director's personal liability for costs
    17 December 2025

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    In a recent judgment in Target Insurance Company Limited v Nerico Brothers Limited & Lee Cheuk Fung Jerff [2025] HKCA 1024 the Court of Appeal has clarified that a director can be made personally liable for the costs incurred by a company under their control and that unreasonably opposes its winding up.

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    Hong Kong, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, DAC Beachcroft LLP

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