Matter
CI v IU (High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance HCCT 34/2025 [2025] HKCFI 4397)
- 24 February 2025Arbitration
24 February 2025Arbitration
First Final Arbitration Award dated 24 February 2025
- Decision summary
- The tribunal found the Charterers in repudiatory breach of the Subject Charterparty for failing to provide the cargo for loading and awarded the Owners, among other sums, US$807,329.10 plus interest for IS's liability to FS, US$8,053.20 for IS's loss of profit, and US$91,000 for IS's liability for the costs of the FS Arbitration.
Supporting details
2 participantsCI
IU
6 months and 26 days later · 207 days
- 19 September 2025Hong Kong
19 September 2025Hong Kong
Decision of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance in the case HCCT 34/2025 dated 19 September 2025
High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 4397
- Decision summary
- The court dismissed CI's originating summons for leave to appeal against the First Final Arbitration Award because the appeal grounds did not meet the applicable merit threshold. It held that the question was context-specific, that the tribunal's conclusions were not obviously wrong or open to serious doubt, and that the tribunal had been asked to decide the relevant issue. CI was ordered to pay IU 70% of the originating-summons costs on an indemnity basis, with the costs order nisi pending summary assessment, and the court granted a certificate for senior counsel.
Supporting details
12 authorities · 8 participantsCI
- Representative
- Cherry Xu (For: CI)
- Representative
- Haiwen & Partners LLP (For: CI)
IU
- Representative
- Douglas Lam (For: IU)
- Representative
- Clara Wong (For: IU)
- Representative
- Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP (For: IU)
High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance
- Judge
- Jonathan Wong