Under Hong Kong law, a company shall be deemed to be unable to pay its debts if a creditor, to whom the company is…
Introduction The only recourse for a party seeking to challenge a Hong Kong award is to apply to the Hong Kong Court of First…
Parties to commercial litigation in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) have been facing prolonged waiting times for their trials. The situation…
The Singapore Court of Appeal recently reversed the ruling of the Singapore High Court in BNA v BNB and Another ([2019] SGCA 84). It found…
HONG KONG Philipp Hanusch A. LEGISLATION AND RULES A.1 Legislation A.1.1 Landmark arrangement between Mainland China and Hong Kong concerning court-ordered interim measures in…
On 1 October 2019, the landmark arrangement between the Hong Kong Government and China’s Supreme People’s Court on interim measures in aid of arbitrations…
In BXS v BXT [2019] SGHC(I) 10, the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) heard its first application to set aside an arbitral award. The…
In its recent decision in BNA v BNB and another [2019] SGHC 142, the Singapore High Court had to determine the law governing an…
In circumstances where a non-party to a contract becomes entitled to enforce a right under that contract (for example, a company may be a…
Under Hong Kong law, an arbitration agreement is premised upon an implied undertaking by the parties to perform an award. Accordingly, the 6-year time…