Murphy Mok

Oct 21, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +2 more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has stayed proceedings before it and referred a dispute to arbitration 18 months after one of the parties obtained a default judgment on the merits (Tongcheng Travel v. OOO Securities [2024] HKCFI 2710). The court found that the parties had clearly intended to arbitrate the dispute, even though the arbitration agreement did not unambiguously designate an institution and the contract also contained an exclusive jurisdiction clause.

Oct 14, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +1 more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has granted an anti-suit injunction and related relief in favour of a German bank to prevent a sanctioned Russian bank from pursuing Russian court proceedings in breach of an HKIAC arbitration clause (Bank A v. Bank B [2024] HKCFI 2529).

Oct 2, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +1 more

In a series of recent decisions handed down within days of one another, the Hong Kong courts rejected five attempts by award debtors to set aside, resist enforcement and stay execution of awards rendered against them.

Aug 29, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +1 more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has upheld a challenge to the enforcement of two Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA) awards rendered by different tribunals on due process and public policy grounds primarily arising from ex parte communications between the claimant, the tribunal and SCIA (A v. R1 and R2 [2024] HKCFI 1511).

Aug 20, 2024 | lexology.com | Simon Chapman KC |Kathryn Sanger |Antony Crockett |Helen Tang |Dana Kim |Murphy Mok | +1 more

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has refused to grant a confidentiality order preventing the public disclosure of information relating to an HKIAC arbitration in parallel litigation proceedings against a related party of the arbitration respondent (Beijing Songxianghu Architectural Decoration Engineering Co., Ltd v. Kitty Kam [2024] HKCFI 1657).