19 Jun 1991
SCHINDLER LIFTS (HONG KONG) LTD v. DICKSON CONSTRUCTION CO LTD
- Citation
- SCHINDLER LIFTS (HONG KONG) LTD v. DICKSON CONSTRUCTION CO LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1088/1991
There was a dispute falling within the wide arbitration clause; the court must enforce the parties' bargain to arbitrate absent a very strong balance of convenience for litigation; arbitrators can decide mixed questions of law and fact and statutory procedures (s.23A) and leave to appeal protect legal correctness, therefore the court should appoint the agreed arbitrator (Dr John Francis Uff Q.C.).