Asia Disputes Notes

GENERIC RELIANCE ON PRC-HONG KONG ENFORCEMENT ARRANGEMENTS INSUFFICIENT TO OPPOSE LIABILITY FOR SECURITY FOR COSTS

Herbert Smith Freehills successfully strike out a HK$3 billion fraudulent trading claim commenced against an IPO sponsor in breach of mandatory procedural rules

Hong Kong Court summarises features of Bitcoin, digital keys and “hot” and “cold” wallets

Hong Kong: will Courts accept cryptocurrency as a security for costs?

End of an era? Hong Kong Court finds letters of no consent unconstitutional

Hong Kong Court of First Instance lays the foundation for disclosure orders against bank accounts in overseas branches of Hong Kong banks

HONG KONG: NO TIME TO WASTE WHEN ENFORCING NON-COMPETE COVENANTS

Hong Kong court sanctions an innovative method to serve court documents using a data room

PAPERLESS HONG KONG – BILL FACILITATING ELECTRONIC COURT FILING GAZETTED

  As part of the Legislative Council's Information Technology Strategy Plan, The Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Bill (Bill), which was …

Hong Kong–Mainland interim relief arrangement takes effect today, 1 October

The Arrangement Concerning Mutual Assistance in Court-ordered Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitral Proceedings by the Courts of the Mainland and of the …

HONG KONG: COURT GRANTS ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION TO RESTRAIN FOREIGN PROCEEDINGS IN BREACH OF AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT UNDER AN INSURANCE POLICY

In the recent case of AIG Insurance Hong Kong Ltd v Lynn McCullough and William McCullough [2019] HKCFI 1649, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (CFI) …

Foreign party without assets in Hong Kong – is this relevant for a fortification order or only for security for costs?

In Banco De Chile v Yong Ming Tai Technology Trade Co Ltd [2019] HKCFI 316, the Court of First Instance ("Court") held that where a plaintiff applying …