14 Apr 2021
CHEN LINGXIA v. 中國金谷國際信託有限責任公司 AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 982
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2012/2018
The court held the substantive issues are contractual in nature and governed by Mainland law because the SCA and SCA/S1 (which encompassed the Subject Shares transfer) contain applicable choice of law and exclusive jurisdiction clauses; the Plaintiff had already litigated in the Mainland and submitted to Mainland jurisdiction; the Xicheng Court was a clearly and distinctly more appropriate forum than Hong Kong; accordingly the Hong Kong action was stayed on forum non conveniens grounds.