26 Sept 2002
SWIRE PROPERTIES LTD. AND OTHERS v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HKSAR
- Citation
- SWIRE PROPERTIES LTD. AND OTHERS v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HKSAR
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV1058/2001
Leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal was granted because the court, exercising its overriding discretion under s.22(1)(b) of the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance, found that the exceptional circumstances and the potentially massive financial consequences justified permitting an appeal despite the parties' agreement that arbitration should be final.