Effective 16 December 2022, lawyers in Hong Kong are permitted to fund clients for whom they act in an arbitration by entering into outcome-related…
Parties to commercial litigation in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) have been facing prolonged waiting times for their trials. The situation…
The Singapore Court of Appeal recently reversed the ruling of the Singapore High Court in BNA v BNB and Another ([2019] SGCA 84). It found…
On 1 October 2019, the landmark arrangement between the Hong Kong Government and China’s Supreme People’s Court on interim measures in aid of arbitrations…
The Hong Kong Government has just announced that the provisions permitting third party funding in arbitrations will operate from February 1, 2019. It has…
Hong Kong courts have a discretion to enforce foreign awards under the New York Convention (“NYC”) even though a ground for resisting enforcement has…
Recent developments The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong (“LRC”) published a report on 12 October 2016 (“Report”) in which it recommends amendments to the…
Editor’s note: This article was first published in October 2015. Since then, the consultation period during which comments could be submitted to the Sub‑committee…
Parties entering into related contracts should carefully consider how future disputes ought to be resolved. This alert will look at a recent Hong Kong…
On 5 January 2016, Myanmar enacted a new Arbitration Law. The Arbitration Law provides a legal regime for both domestic and international arbitrations that…