20 Feb 2019
DICKSON VALORA GROUP (HOLDINGS) CO LTD AND ANOTHER v. FAN JI QIAN
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 482
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1954/2018
The 3rd Addendum is to be read as part of the Shareholders Agreement and therefore is subject to its Hong Kong governing law and arbitration clause; a person seeking to enforce rights derived from that contract (even if not an original signatory) must recognise and submit to the contractual dispute resolution mechanism and may be restrained by an antisuit injunction; the Qianhai Court decision does not create an issue estoppel in Hong Kong because FJRREO s3 prevents recognition where proceedings were contrary to an arbitration agreement; no strong discretionary reasons existed to refuse the i…