In AAA, BBB, CCC v DDD (HCCT 39/2023) [2024] HKCFI 513 (date of decision: 16 February 2024), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“the Court”) provides much welcomed guidance on the situation where there is a group of...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
The Hong Kong court has ruled that a tribunal had no jurisdiction over a third party that had been joined as an additional party to an HKIAC arbitration. The court in R v A [2023] HKCFI 2034 ordered that a summons issued by...more