7 Jun 2017
HUANG LI v. HADY HARTANTO AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HUANG LI v. HADY HARTANTO AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2322/2014
The court dismissed the defendants' applications to stay. Although Clause 12 and the choice of Singapore law are significant connecting factors, they are insufficient to displace Hong Kong as the natural and appropriate forum given the stronger connecting factors pointing to Hong Kong (parties' residence, locus of alleged misrepresentations, payment and tracing of HK$10,000,000 in Hong Kong banks, witnesses and discovery likely in Hong Kong, and submission of the 3rd defendant to Hong Kong jurisdiction). The 1st defendant could not rely on the Agreement's clause as he is not a party to it. Th…