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…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Hong Kong expands financing options for arbitration parties Third-party funding is an arrangement by which the funder…
A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Further amendments to the mutual enforcement arrangement between Hong Kong and the Mainland become effective Enforcement of…
Since 1 February 2000, enforcement of arbitral awards between the Mainland and Hong Kong has been governed by a separate Arrangement, which has successfully…
HONG KONG Philipp Hanusch and James Ng A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Amendments to the mutual enforcement arrangement between Hong Kong and…
1. Introduction[1] Once an arbitral award is issued, it becomes final and binding. However, the award may contain an error. For example, it may…
Parties to commercial litigation in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) have been facing prolonged waiting times for their trials. The situation…