3 Jun 2019
厦門新景地集團有限公司 formerly known as 厦門市鑫新景地房地產有限公司 v. Eton Properties Limited, Eton Properties (Holdings) Limited, Eton Properties Group Limited formerly known as Eton Properties (International) Limited, Legend Properties (Xiamen) Company Limited, a limited company incorporated in Hong Kong, Tan Lucio C
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFA 21
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV6/2019
The Court of Final Appeal refused leave on questions that were fact-specific and well-settled in law, but granted leave on identified legal questions requiring authoritative clarification: (a) the required causation for the tort of inducing breach where the contracting party may have been predisposed to breach; (b) whether foreign governing law precludes Hong Kong property and trust rules transferring equitable title on agreement or specific performance; and (c) whether and how the jurisdiction of Hong Kong courts to enforce Mainland arbitral awards by common law action is affected by the sta…