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…
HONG KONG Paul Teo and Philipp Hanusch A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Landmark arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong concerning court-ordered…
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…
In BXS v BXT [2019] SGHC(I) 10, the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) heard its first application to set aside an arbitral award. The…
In its recent decision in BNA v BNB and another [2019] SGHC 142, the Singapore High Court had to determine the law governing an…
The Hong Kong Government has just announced that the provisions permitting third party funding in arbitrations will operate from February 1, 2019. It has…
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has announced that the new version of its Administered Arbitration Rules (2018 Rules) will come into force…
Following its earlier announcements, the Supreme People’s Court of China (SPC) has formally launched two branches in Shenzhen and Xi’an on 29 June 2018,…