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HZ Capital International Limited v China Vocational Education Co., Ltd. and Others (Hong Kong High Court HCCT 48/2016)

Applicable rules
The UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules 2010
  1. 29 July 2016Arbitration

    29 July 2016Arbitration

    Arbitral Award of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre dated 29 July 2016

    Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

    Decision summary
    The tribunal made the award against, among others, the fifth to eighth respondents following an evidential hearing in January 2015.

    Supporting details

    5 participants
    HZ Capital International Limited
    Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Rui Hong Limited
    Beijing Rui Jing Limited
    Beijing Rui Kui Limited
    Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

    6 months and 26 days later · 210 days

  2. 24 February 2017Hong Kong

    24 February 2017Hong Kong

    Order of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance in HCCT 48/2016 dated 24 February 2017

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

    Case no.
    HCCT 48/2016
    Decision summary
    The court granted HZ Capital International Limited leave to enforce the 29 July 2016 HKIAC arbitration award as a judgment.

    Supporting details

    6 participants
    HZ Capital International Limited
    Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Rui Hong Limited
    Beijing Rui Jing Limited
    Beijing Rui Kui Limited
    High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance

    2 years, 9 months and 3 days later · 1006 days

  3. 27 November 2019Hong Kong

    27 November 2019Hong Kong

    Decision of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance in HCCT 48/2016 dated 27 November 2019

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

    Case no.
    HCCT 48/2016
    Citation
    [2019] HKCFI 2705
    Decision summary
    The court dismissed the fifth to eighth respondents’ summons to set aside the 24 February 2017 order granting leave to enforce the arbitration award as a judgment. It held that the respondents had waived or varied the mandatory negotiation requirement and had not established serious irregularity causing substantial prejudice.

    Supporting details

    13 authorities · 15 participants
    Application
    Summons to set aside the enforcement order — Dismissed
    HZ Capital International Limited
    Representative
    Lawrence Cheung (For: HZ Capital International Limited)
    China Vocational Education Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Runchang Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Rui He Limited
    Beijing Ruiming Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd.
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Beijing Rui Hong Limited
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Beijing Rui Jing Limited
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Beijing Rui Kui Limited
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Zhou Jiting
    High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance

    Authorities cited

    13
    • Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609)
      statute
    • Hong Kong Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A) (Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A))
      statute
    • Astro Nusantara International BV v PT Ayunda Prima Mitra ((2018) 21 HKCFA 118; [2018] HKCFA 12)
      case law
    • PT First Media TBK (formerly known as PT Broadband Multimedia TBK) v Astro Nusantara International BV & Ors ([2014] 1 SLR 372)
      case law
    • Carrier Hong Kong Ltd v Dickson Construction Co Ltd ([2005] 4 HKC 142)
      case law
    • S Co v B Co ([2014] 6 HKC 421)
      case law
    • PT Tugu Pratama Indonesia v Magma Nusantara Ltd ([2014] 4 SLR (R) 257)
      case law
    • Maeda Kensetsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha & Anor v Bauer Hong Kong Ltd ([2019] HKCFI 1006)
      case law
    • Grindrod Shipping Pte Ltd v Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd ([2018] EWHC 1284 (Comm))
      case law
    • Terna Bahrain Holding Co WLL v Bin Kamil Al Shamsi ([2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 86)
      case law
    • Reliance Industries Ltd v The Union of India ([2018] EWHC 822 (Comm))
      case law
    • P v M ([2018] HKCFI 2280)
      case law
    • Grand Pacific Holdings Ltd v Pacific China Holdings Ltd (in liq) (No 1) ([2012] 4 HKLRD 1)
      case law

    7 months and 13 days later · 226 days

  4. 10 July 2020Hong Kong

    10 July 2020Hong Kong

    Decision of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance in HCCT 48/2016 dated 10 July 2020

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

    Case no.
    HCCT 48/2016
    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 1507
    Decision summary
    The court dismissed the fifth to eighth respondents’ applications for leave to appeal and for a stay of execution. It held that the proposed grounds concerning waiver or variation of the mandatory negotiation requirement and alleged serious irregularity had no reasonable prospect of success.

    Supporting details

    12 authorities · 15 participants
    Application
    Application for leave to appeal — Dismissed
    Application
    Application for a stay of execution — Dismissed
    HZ Capital International Limited
    Representative
    Kelvin Cheung (For: HZ Capital International Limited)
    Representative
    Kelvin Cheung & Co (For: HZ Capital International Limited)
    China Vocational Education Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Runchang Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Rui He Limited
    Beijing Ruiming Co., Ltd.
    Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd.
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Beijing Rui Hong Limited
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Beijing Rui Jing Limited
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Beijing Rui Kui Limited
    Representative
    Ernest Ng (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Mike Yeung (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    Representative
    Fan Wong & Tso (For: Beijing Ruichang Co., Ltd. · Beijing Rui Hong Limited · Beijing Rui Jing Limited · Beijing Rui Kui Limited)
    High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance

    Authorities cited

    12
    • Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609)
      statute
    • Hong Kong Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A) (Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A))
      statute
    • SMSE v KL ([2009] 4 HKLRD 125)
      case law
    • Hadmor Production v Hamilton ([1983] AC 191)
      case law
    • Chow Kam Fa ex p Rambas Marketing Co LLC ([2004] 1 HKLRD 161)
      case law
    • Charles Richards Ltd v Oppenheim ([1950] 1 KB 616)
      case law
    • Maeda Kensetsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha & Anor v Bauer Hong Kong Ltd ([2019] HKCFI 1006)
      case law
    • Grindrod Shipping Pte Ltd v Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd ([2018] EWHC 1284 (Comm))
      case law
    • Terna Bahrain Holding Co WLL v Bin Kamil Al Shamsi ([2013] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 86)
      case law
    • Reliance Industries Ltd v The Union of India ([2018] EWHC 822 (Comm))
      case law
    • P v M ([2018] HKCFI 2280)
      case law
    • Grand Pacific Holdings Ltd v Pacific China Holdings Ltd (in liq) (No 1) ([2012] 4 HKLRD 1)
      case law

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