29 Jan 2019
HANWHA TOTAL PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD. AND ANOTHER v. CHANGHONG GROUP (HK) LTD
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 263
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAJ6/2018
The application for a stay was dismissed because there were no sufficiently parallel proceedings between the same parties in Shanghai to engage lis alibi pendens; the mis-declaration claim in Shanghai is not sufficiently connected and could not operate as a counterclaim in Hong Kong due to the double actionability rule; the 2nd plaintiff's registration in limitation proceedings was a protective measure and does not justify a stay; plaintiffs' choice to litigate in Hong Kong was legitimate.