On 1 June 2024, the latest update to the HKIAC’s administered rules, the 2024 Administered Arbitration Rules (“2024 Rules”) of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) came into effect....more
An arbitral tribunal lacks jurisdiction to determine claims raised under related agreements containing different dispute resolution clauses. The Hong Kong Court of First Instance (Court) held in a recent judgment that an...more
On January 20, 2023, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) released its annual statistics for 2022. The statistics suggest that HKIAC swiftly recovered from the drop in caseload in 2021 and has returned to...more
As the world welcomes in the Year of the Tiger, we look back at seven recent decisions that made an impact in the past year. In the decisions, the Hong Kong courts grappled with issues such as when winding-up petitions can be...more
In a recent anonymized judgment, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance held that compliance with an "escalation clause," a procedural requirement for the commencement of arbitration, was an issue to be decided by the arbitral...more
With the rapid development of China’s national economy, more and more PRC companies will enter occasional disputes with foreign partners in international business dealings. Depending on their bargaining positions during the...more
Multilateral conventions relating to arbitration - Is your jurisdiction a contracting state to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards? Since when has the Convention been in...more
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) recently released a new version of the HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules, effective November 1, 2018. The new version updates the 2013 HKIAC Administered Arbitration...more
The Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”) has promulgated a new set of Administered Arbitration Rules (“AAR”), effective November 1, 2018. Among those rules are Articles 27-30 concerning the HKIAC’s powers to...more
Amendments to the administered arbitration rules address technology, third party funding, time limits, and other key mechanisms. Following the success of the 2013 HKIAC Administered Arbitration Rules (the 2013 Rules), the...more