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HK Court Grants Worldwide Mareva and Appoints Interim Receivers in Aid of Enforcing Arbitral Awards

In 周惠明 v 挪信新能源科技 ( 南通 ) 有限公司 [2025] HKCFI 1503h, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ordered (a) that worldwide Mareva injunctions be continued, and (b) that interim receivers be appointed over the assets of the respondent...more

Hong Kong Court Makes Security for Costs Order Against Mainland Parties With No Assets in Hong Kong

In Y and Another v GI and Another [2025] HKCFI 1317[1], the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) allowed the defendant’s application for security for costs against the plaintiffs in respect of the plaintiffs’...more

Smart Contracts and the Use of Arbitration to Resolve Related Disputes

In recent years, technology advancement has introduced new methods for contract formation. In particular, the rise of blockchain technology has led to the emergence of “smart contracts”, which are digital contracts which...more

HK High Court Refuses Leave to Appeal Against Interim Measures

In W v Contractor [2024] HKCFI 1452, the Hong Kong High Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal against the interim measures granted by an arbitrator to restrain an employer from calling on a bond in relation to a...more

Minor irregularity in party name not a valid ground to set aside an arbitral award

It sometimes happens that there is an irregularity or mistake in the way in which a party is named in the formal arbitration papers. Will such an irregularity or mistake cause problems when the successful party seeks to...more

Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and Hong Kong: the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2021

On 24 February 2021, the Hong Kong Government introduced into the Legislative Council the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2021 (“Bill”), to implement the Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards...more

Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and Hong Kong

On 27 November 2020, the Department of Justice of Hong Kong and the Supreme People’s Court of China signed the Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and the Hong Kong...more

HK Court reluctant to grant EOT for setting aside an arbitral award

The recent case of A v D (HCCT 52/2020) reinforces the pro-arbitration and pro-enforcement approach of Hong Kong courts. Under Article 34 (3) of the Model Law (adopted by section 81 of the Arbitration Ordinance...more

HK Court explains principles regarding correction of arbitration awards

In SC v OE1 (HCCT48/2019) [2020] HKCFI 2065 and OE1 v SC (HCCT66/2019) [2020] HKCFI 2065 (Date of Decision: 24 August 2020), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (the “Court”) dismissed an application to set aside an...more

Hong Kong Court rejects application to set aside arbitral award

In the case of X v Jemmy Chien (also known as Chien, Ching Yu) HCCT 31/2019 [2020] HKCFI 286, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance rejected the plaintiff’s application to set aside an arbitral award. The plaintiff’s...more

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