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Recently in CNG v G and Another [2024] HKCFI 575,[1] The Honourable Madam Justice Mimmie Chan of the Court of First Instance dismissed an application to set aside an award. At the outset, Chan J has made yet another effort to summarise the important principles set out in many of the Courts’ decisions on challenges to awards or their enforcement: Arbitration is a consensual process of final dispute resolution to which parties voluntarily agree, with…

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 fee structures (ORFS), such as conditional and contingency fee arrangements. The new regime answers an increasing client demand for more flexible fee arrangements and is an important step for maintaining and promoting Hong Kong’s competitiveness with other major arbitral seats where similar fee arrangements are allowed. The new regime The new…

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 awards between Hong Kong and Mainland China is governed by the “Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and the HKSAR” which has been in effect since 1 February 2000. The Arrangement follows the spirit of the New York Convention and has been providing an effective enforcement mechanism.…

We are happy to present to you Arbitration in Asia, an arbitration handbook for Russian in-house counsels. The publication, a collaboration with KIAP, Attorneys at Law, is written in the Russian language and discusses cultural specifics of arbitration in several Asian jurisdictions, including Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines. It was launched via a webinar on 12 March 2021. The webinar can be viewed here.