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ARTICLE · 05 MARCH 2007

Litigation: Service Of Process On The Elusive Foreign Defendant

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The recent Hong Kong High Court case of Victor Chandler (International) Ltd v Zhou Chu Jian He (2006), involves Victor Chandler (the Plaintiff) a well known bookmaker registered in Gibraltar and Zhou (the Defendant) a wealthy Peruvian businessman.

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Introduction

The recent Hong Kong High Court case of Victor Chandler (International) Ltd v Zhou Chu Jian He (2006), involves Victor Chandler (the Plaintiff) a well known bookmaker registered in Gibraltar and Zhou (the Defendant) a wealthy Peruvian businessman. The Plaintiff’s business is accepting bets on line from its worldwide clients and the Defendant was born in Mainland China and ordinarily resides in Beijing. He had a home as well as substantial business interests and real property in Hong Kong. The Defendant opened an account with the Plaintiff for the purposes of betting on overseas soccer matches. He bet and lost what for most people a fortune. In purported settlement of his debt, the Defendant presented the Plaintiff with three cheques drawn on a Hong Kong bank account, which were later dishonoured.

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