10 Dec 1999
TAPBO CIVIL ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. ROLLING DEVELOPMENT LTD.
- Citation
- TAPBO CIVIL ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. ROLLING DEVELOPMENT LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2468/1999
The Defence filed by the Defendant, being a defective pleading that made no statement on the substance of the dispute and merely referred to the arbitration clause, was not a "first statement on the substance of the dispute" within the meaning of Article 8(1); accordingly the filing did not waive the Defendant's right to seek a stay under s.6 of the Arbitration Ordinance and a stay was ordered.