as back in the High Court in December 1986, when it was sued for Damages arising out of the Defendant's alleged Negligence and/or Breach of Duty, by Collin Navigation Company S.A. in Writ Number 6965.
Ms Yeung Lan Kwan also felt obliged to file High Court Action Number 4862 in August 1987, claiming Damages, the sum of $HK818,880, interest, and costs as a result of alleged acts of Negligence and/or Breaches of Contract on the part of the Defendant, Yung, Yu, Yuen and Company, concern- ing the purchase of part of Harilela Mansion in Kowloon which the Plaintiff intended to use as a jewellery shop.
Not to be outdone by Yung, Yu, Yuen and Company, the partners of Woo, Kwan, Lee and Lo will surely be delighted to hear that TARGET presents their firm with the exalted honour of second place in the Golden Scroll Awards, with 6 appearances in the High Cort as Defendants.
In June 1983, Representative Insurance and Manage- ment Services Ltd, trading as Chartered Insurance Services, filed High Court Action Number 7575 naming Ms Carol M Sun Wong and Woo, Kwan, Lee and Lo as Defendants.
The Plaintiff claimed that the Defendants had written a
defamatory letter concerning a car insurance dispute, a purported letter which had caused damage to the reputation of the former, which claimed Damages for Defamation and Injurious Falsehood.
Having made a joint appearance with Ms Wong, the runner-up then went solo when, in July 1983, Byjoy Ltd issued High Court Action Number 8552 naming Woo, Kwan,
Lee and Lo as Defendants.
It would appear from the Writ that the Defendant had allegedly failed to file a statutory declaration at the Land Office in the matter of the sale of some land in Kowloon: The
firm was said to be acting on behalf of both the purchaser and
the vendor.
The Plaintiff further claimed that the firm had drafted or prepared the Agreement of Sale and Purchase in such a way that it favored the vendor unduly to the detriment of the Plaintiff; and it was further alleged that the Defendant had failed to give proper advice to the Plaintiff and that this had caused losses to Byjoy of $HK90,725,897.
Four Plaintiffs filed High Court Action Number 2174 in
March 1984 against Woo, Kwan, Lee and Lo.
It was claimed by the Plaintiffs that the firm had acted negligently and in Breach of Contract concerning advice given to the Plaintiffs regarding the purchase of some property in Kotewall Road, Mid-levels.
Therefore, the Plaintiffs claimed $HK7,693,705.36, Damages, interest and costs.
Marvel Trading Company and Valmer Enterprises also entertained Woo, Kwan, Lee and Lo in the High Court when they filed Writ Number 5197 of 1984.
The Plaintiffs claimed that the solicitors firm had failed
to issue a Writ in time to allow them to recover monies owed after their goods had allegedly been given over to the wrong people when being shipped.
It was further alleged that the Defendants had drawn up proceedings which were misconceived and therefore had to be withdrawn. This ultimately resulted in the loss of $HK49,637.40. to the Plaintiffs, it was alleged.
Woo, Kwan, Lee and Co were back for another round of litigation along with The Ka Wah Bank Ltd in High Court
Action Number 2142 in 1985.
Mr Dirk Willem Jan Oosterveld claimed that the date of
the Instrument of the Mortgage, allegedly created between the First Defendant (The Ka Wah Bank Ltd) and Mr Oosterveld's company, was fraudulently changed and there- fore he was liable when a Vacant Possession Order was
issued for the property which he had bought.
The Plaintiff alleged that the 2 Defendants had 'so mali- ciously conspired and combined themselves to have the effects of their fraudulent behaviour burdened on the Plain-
tiff...'.
Mr Oosterveld claimed a total of $HK4,362,000 plus
costs.
Woo, Kwan, Lee and Lo made another joint appearance with Mr Clement Lam Ping Kwan, when they were named as Defendants in High Court Action Number 3232, filed in May 1988 by P.K.International (Hongkong) Ltd.
The Plaintiff claimed that both Defendants were guilty of Breach of Contract and/or Negligence while acting as the Plaintiff's solicitors in the matter of a loan to finance a joint venture in China, and matters arising there from, whereby the Plaintiff claimed to have suffered damages.
And the Winner Is:
Now we come to the high-point of this nail-biting contest. TARGET is proud to present the Golden Scroll Award to the firm of solicitors which has appeared in the High Court the most times in the last 5 years:
Deacons, having appeared 9 times in the High Court Deacons appeared with Far East Real Estate and Agency (Hongkong) Ltd as joint Defendants in 1983, when 2 Plain-
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