5 Sept 2024
HAITONG INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS & SOLUTIONS LTD v. WANG YAFENG
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 2331
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA124/2023
The court found no material non-disclosure by the Plaintiff in either the ex parte application for service out of the jurisdiction or the application for default judgment because the Mainland proceedings and the jurisdictional challenge had been disclosed where relevant, the claimant had discharged its burden by relying on non-exclusive jurisdiction clauses in the Side Letter and Representation Letter, and the Defendant failed to show the overwhelming reasons required to displace the parties' contractual choice of Hong Kong as forum; accordingly the First Summons was dismissed and the Second…