The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has adjourned enforcement proceedings of a Netherlands Arbitration Institute award pending determination by the Dutch court on the application to set aside the award, but refused to order...more
In a significant decision, a Hong Kong court has set aside an earlier ex parte court order granting leave to enforce an arbitral award made by a PRC arbitral body in the sum of RMB 59 million (HK$72 million). The judge...more
In a recent anonymized judgment, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance held that compliance with an "escalation clause," a procedural requirement for the commencement of arbitration, was an issue to be decided by the arbitral...more
As the world welcomes in the Year of the Ox, we take a look back at 10 recent decisions that made an impact in the past year. In the decisions, the courts considered fundamental issues such as when an arbitral award may be...more
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