Matter

GM1 and GM2 v KC (High Court of Hong Kong HCCT 60/2019)

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14 November 2019Hong Kong
14 November 2019Hong Kong
Decision of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance in the case HCCT 60/2019 dated 14 November 2019
High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance
Case no.
HCCT 60/2019
Citation
[2019] HKCFI 2793
Decision summary
The Court held that it had jurisdiction under section 45 of the Arbitration Ordinance to grant an anti-suit injunction as an interim measure and that there was a serious question to be tried on the plaintiffs’ claim. It granted an interim injunction requiring KC to take steps to withdraw or seek a stay of the Suzhou proceedings and restraining further proceedings concerning the Guarantee otherwise than by arbitration, pending the conclusion of the adjourned substantive hearing, with the costs of the 8 November 2019 hearing in the cause of the originating summons.
Supporting details
18 authorities · 9 participants
GM1
Representative
Matthew Gearing (For: GM1 · GM2)
Representative
Allen & Overy (For: GM1 · GM2)
GM2
Representative
Matthew Gearing (For: GM1 · GM2)
Representative
Allen & Overy (For: GM1 · GM2)
KC
Representative
Anson Wong (For: KC)
Representative
Stephanie Wong (For: KC)
Representative
Stevenson Wong & Co (For: KC)
High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance
Judge
Mimmie Chan
Authorities cited
18
- Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
  statute
- Fiona Trust & Holding Corp v Privalov ([2007] UKHL 40)
  case-law
- English Arbitration Act 1996
  statute
- AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC ([2013] 1 WLR 1889)
  case-law
- The Angelic Grace ([1995] 1 Lloyd's Rep 87)
  case-law
- Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609)
  statute
- High Court Ordinance (Cap. 4)
  statute
- Hong Kong Rules of High Court (Cap. 4A)
  statute
- English Senior Courts Act 1981
  statute
- Ever Judger Holding Co Ltd v Kroman Celik ([2015] 3 HKC 246)
  case-law
- Donahue v Armco Inc ([2002] CLC 440)
  case-law
- Giorgio Armani SpA v Elan Clothes Co Ltd ([2019] 2 HKLRD 313)
  case-law
- S Co v B Co ([2014] 6 HKC 421)
  case-law
- Dallah Real Estate and Tourism Holding Co v Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Government of Pakistan ([2011] 1 AC 763 (SC))
  case-law
- Continental Bank NA v Aeakos Compania Naviera SA ([1994] 1 WLR 588)
  case-law
- Tamil Nadu Electricity Board v ST-CMS Electric Company Private Ltd ([2007] EWHC 1713 (Comm))
  case-law
- Compania Sud Americana de Vapores SA v Hin Po International Logistics Ltd ((2016) 19 HKCFAR 586)
  case-law
- Hong Kong Civil Procedure 2020
  academic
Direct judgment

GM1

GM2

KC

High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance