In Smart Wealth Asia Pacific Ltd v Kelly Court (IO) ([2013] HKEC 2056, LT) Smart Wealth had acquired 92.5% of the shares in a building. All the members of the management committee had sold their shares and so ceased to be office-holders by operation of law. The owners meeting had resolved to dissolve the management committee and appoint an administrator but there was a serious doubt as to the validity of the resolution since the Building Management Ordinance required the management committee to call the owners meeting to consider such a resolution. This was an application by an owner for the dissolution of the management committee and the appointment of an administrator by the Tribunal under section 31 of the Building Management Ordinance.
The court made the orders sought. It was appropriate to dissolve the management committee to avoid doubts arising in the future as to whether or not one was in existence ([14]). It was also appropriate to appoint an administrator: there had to be a body capable of performing the duties and exercising the powers of the management committee under the terms of the Deed of Mutual Covenant and the Building Management Ordinance ([16]).
Michael Lower
