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Civil procedure [2026] HKCFI 2746

COSIMO BORRELLI AND ANOTHER v. CHINA NATIONAL GOLD GROUP HONG KONG LTD

Costs decision on related Hong Kong proceedings: the court ordered taxation, refused indemnity costs, upheld a two-counsel certificate, and made costs orders against the Receivers/Applicants.

  • Recognition of foreign receivers
  • Costs and taxation
  • Summary assessment vs taxation
  • Indemnity costs
  • Supervisory jurisdiction over documents in solicitors' possession
  • Stay pursuant to arbitration agreement
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Arbitration law [2026] HKCFI 2444

A v. B1 AND ANOTHER

The court dismissed challenges to an HKIAC partial award and costs award, holding the Early Determination Procedure and costs assessment were procedurally fair and within the tribunal’s powers.

  • Setting aside arbitral awards (ml 34 / ao s81)
  • Hkiac rules article 43 early determination procedure
  • Natural justice and right to be heard
  • Jurisdictional limits of edp
  • Assessment of arbitral costs and tribunal discretion (ao s74)
  • Waiver of procedural objections
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Arbitration law [2026] HKCFI 1280

LT v. RV

The Court held that PO7 was not an arbitral award and that s66(2) did not let LT set aside the Settlement Agreement under s81; it also found the agreement non-binding for lack of authority.

  • Settlement agreements as awards
  • Setting aside arbitral awards
  • Authority of directors
  • Scheme of arrangement
  • Apparent/ostensible authority
  • Enforcement and recognition of awards
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Civil procedure [2026] HKCFI 1250

COSIMO BORRELLI AND OTHERS v. HERBERT SMITH FREEHILLS (A FIRM)

港高院拒絕承認BVI委任的接管人,並將SIL的交付文件申請永久擱置於仲裁之中;接管人的交付文件申請亦被駁回。

  • Recognition of foreign receivers
  • Sufficient connection test
  • Delivery up of client documents
  • Arbitrability and stay under arbitration ordinance s20
  • Case-management stay
  • Inherent jurisdiction
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Civil procedure [2026] HKCFI 1250

COSIMO BORRELLI AND ANOTHER v. CHINA NATIONAL GOLD GROUP HONG KONG LTD

The court refused recognition of BVI receivers, stayed SIL’s document claim under an arbitration agreement, and dismissed the receivers’ claim for lack of standing.

  • Recognition of foreign receivers
  • Delivery up of client documents
  • Case-management stay
  • Arbitrability and mandatory stay under arbitration ordinance s20
  • Inherent jurisdiction and ex parte disclosure
  • Costs orders
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Arbitration law [2026] HKCFI 902

G, G v. CNG AND SIL

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance restrained a bribery-based arbitration as an impermissible collateral attack on prior awards and dismissed stays of enforcement.

  • Article 34 uncitral model law
  • Section 81 arbitration ordinance (cap 609)
  • Anti-suit injunction
  • Takhar/takhar-type fraud challenges
  • Finality of awards
  • Abuse and collateral attack
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Arbitration law [2026] HKCFI 658

R v. C

The court granted leave to amend a security-for-costs summons but dismissed it, holding no security should be ordered in this arbitration-related challenge.

  • Challenge to arbitrator appointment
  • Section 26 arbitration ordinance
  • Uncitral model law article 13
  • Security for costs in arbitration-related court proceedings
  • State immunity (prc 2023 law)
  • Procedural agreements on challenge procedures
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Construction law [2025] HKCFI 6367

A v. B

On costs after a stay in favour of arbitration, the court ordered the Plaintiff to pay the Defendant indemnity costs, finding the challenge to GC 18 unmeritorious.

  • Stay in favour of arbitration
  • Enforcement of arbitration agreement
  • Indemnity costs
  • Costs taxation
  • Contractual dispute resolution clauses
  • Indemnity-costs
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Civil procedure [2025] HKCA 1068

CHINA NATIONAL GOLD GROUP HONG KONG LTD v. THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING LTD

The Court of Appeal allowed CNG’s appeal and granted Norwich Pharmacal relief against HSBC to disclose Kehong Investment account records linked to alleged bribery.

  • Norwich pharmacal orders
  • Third‑party disclosure
  • Constructive trust
  • Tracing of secret profits
  • Stay of enforcement
  • Enforcement of arbitral awards
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Company law [2025] HKCFI 5736

RE CEIBS PUBLISHING GROUP LTD

The court ordered the winding up of CEIBS Publishing Group Limited on the just and equitable ground after finding serious exclusion from management and no adequate alternative remedy.

  • Just and equitable winding up
  • Unfair prejudice and exclusion from management
  • Enforcement and setting aside of arbitral awards
  • Directors appointment and shareholder voting rights
  • Deadlock and buy-out remedies
  • Just-and-equitable-winding-up
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