On April 16, 2020, the Supreme People’s Court of China (the “SPC”) issued the Guiding Opinions of the SPC on Several Issues Concerning Proper Trial of Civil Cases Involving COVID-19 (I) (the “COVID-19 Opinions”), providing a...more
5/13/2020
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Breach of Contract ,
China ,
Consumer Protection Laws ,
Employment Litigation ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Frustration of a Common Purpose ,
Impossibility ,
Nonperformance ,
Punitive Damages ,
Relief Measures ,
Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Standard of Review ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Supreme People's Court of China ,
Time Extensions
The Supreme People’s Court (the “SPC”) of China and the Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on April 2, 2019 signed the Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of...more
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) recently released a new version of the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules, effective November 1, 2018. The new version updates the 2013 HKIAC Administered Arbitration...more
11/29/2018
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Arbitration Awards ,
Arbitrators ,
Concurrent Litigation ,
Discovery ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) ,
International Arbitration ,
Litigation Funding ,
Multi-Party Litigation ,
Multiple Party Contracts ,
New Rules ,
Settlement Negotiations ,
Third Party Funding
After splitting from the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (the CIETAC) through the notable “CIETAC split” event in 2012, the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (the...more
Introduction -
The dragon’s skin began to shed in 2011, when the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) initiated the revision process of its 2008 Arbitration Rules for Administered Cases (“Old Rules”)....more