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Limitation periods under foreign law
  • 22 Jun 2012

    PANG WAI HAK AND ANOTHER v. 華允鑒 AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    PANG WAI HAK AND ANOTHER v. 華允鑒 AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCT33/2011

    The court found the arbitrator's dismissal of the limitation defence on the ground that it had not been pleaded constituted denial of due process because the pleading point was a distinct procedural matter the parties should have had opportunity to address; however the arbitrator gave a separate independent reason (lack of concrete evidence) for rejecting limitation which the court held did not amount to denial of ability to present the case. Because the two reasons were independent and the arbitrator would have reached the same conclusion on the evidence, the court declined to set aside the…