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Court of Appeal Judgment Strengthens Privilege Protection in Hong Kong

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Note: The following article published by our Hong Kong Dispute Resolution Group discusses an important development in relation to legal professional privilege under Hong Kong laws. Arbitration practitioners and parties taking part in arbitration proceedings involving Hong Kong laws should be aware of the greater protection of legal professional privilege against disclosure of documents as clarified by the Court of Appeal in Hong Kong The recent judgment of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal offers…

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In Arbitrability

Hong Kong Court Follows the Tide in Affirming Its Power to Grant Anti-Suit Injunctions To Restrain Foreign Court Proceedings Brought in Breach of Arbitration Agreements

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Hong Kong Court Follows the Tide in Affirming its Power to Grant Anti-Suit Injunctions to Restrain Foreign Court Proceedings Brought in Breach of Arbitration Agreements Ever Judger Holding Company Limited v Kroman Celik Sanayii Anonim Sirketi (HCCT 6/2015 Introduction In Ever Judger Holding Company Limited v Kroman Celik Sanayii Anonim Sirketi (“Ever Judger”), Godfrey Lam J of the Hong Kong Court of First Instance held that the Hong Kong courts have the power to grant…

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In China

Choosing “China” as a seat of arbitration – Will you end up in Mainland China or in Hong Kong?

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Case comment on Z v A and others (HCCT 8/2013) Introduction The place of arbitration is of pivotal importance to any arbitration because it determines: the legal system which supplies the lex arbitri, which is the law of the arbitration agreement that determines the meaning, validity and enforceability of the arbitration agreement; andthe court which hears applications to challenge the arbitral tribunal (eg. jurisdiction, bias, etc…) and set aside the arbitral award. Problems can therefore…

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