21 Jun 2023
SESDERMA, S.L. v. SEEKY INTERNATIONAL LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2023] HKCFI 1619
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1815/2021
The 2018 Distributorship Agreement contains a valid and applicable arbitration clause that, as a matter of construction and in light of the Court's prior decision that the 2018 Agreement superseded the 2017 Agreement, covers the plaintiff's trademark and related tort claims; issue estoppel bars the plaintiff from re‑asserting the continued effect of the 2017 jurisdiction clause; accordingly a mandatory stay under section 20 of the Arbitration Ordinance was required and granted.