In CMBICDHAW Investments Limited v CDH Fund V Limited Partnership & others [2024] HKCA 516 (judgment date: 10 July 2024), the Hong Kong Court of Appeal (CA) addressed an appeal regarding the Court of First Instance’s (CFI)...more
In G v N [2024] HKCFI 721 (judgment date: 11 March 2024), a Hong Kong court dismissed an application to set aside the enforcement of an interim order which an arbitrator had made requiring a party to take steps to dismiss the...more
In G v N [2023] HKCFI 3366 (judgment date: 29 December 2023), a Hong Kong court considered the question of whether and to what extent it is open for the court to review an arbitrator’s ruling on matters of public policy. The...more
Hong Kong court continued the validity of a Mareva injunction granted in connection with the enforcement proceedings of a CIETAC award, and dismissed an application for security or fortification in support of the...more
In AW and others v PY and another [2022] HKCFI 1397 (judgment date: 13 May 2022), a Hong Kong court held that it has no power to extend the time to challenge an arbitral award under Article 34 of the Model Law, as adopted by...more
In Arjowiggins HKK2 Ltd v X Co [2022] HKCFI 128, after dismissing the claims and declining to grant the pleaded remedy, the tribunal invited submissions from the parties on an alternative remedy and ultimately granted relief...more
It is well-established in Hong Kong that the test for determining the validity of an opposition to a winding-up petition is whether the petition debt is disputed in good faith on substantial grounds. In Sun Fung Timber...more
In 廣東順德展煒商貿有限公司 v Sun Fung Timber Company Limited [2021] HKCFI 2407, a Hong Kong court set aside an enforcement order in respect of an arbitral award, after finding that the shareholder-director of the respondent had colluded...more
In a recent judgment (Construction Company v Guarantor [2021] HKCFI 2558, judgment date: 17 August 2021), a Hong Kong court upheld a U.S. arbitral award made pursuant to a split dispute resolution clause. In dismissing the...more
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In W v AW [2021] HKCFI 1707 (date of decision: 17 June 2021), a case described by the court as “highly unusual”, an arbitral award was held to be manifestly invalid.
The award in question contained findings that were...more
In X v Y (HCCT 62/2018) [2020] HKCFI 2782 (Date of Decision: 5 November 2020), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (the Court) set aside an order to enforce an arbitration award on the basis (i) that the tribunal’s findings...more
In 1955 Capital Fund I GP LLC & another v Global Industrial Investment Limited [2020] HKCFI 956, the court set aside an ex parte order for the enforcement of an arbitral award on the grounds of material non-disclosure by the...more