7 Sept 2022
DP WORLD DJIBOUTI FZCO AND OTHERS v. CHINA MERCHANTS PORT HOLDINGS CO LTD
- Citation
- [2022] HKCA 1330
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV86/2020
Leave to appeal refused because the questions did not raise matters of great general or public importance and would not determine the outcome; the judge correctly included the 3rd plaintiff's authority to sue as part of the Spiliada stage 1 connecting-factor qualitative exercise; novelty of foreign law or public policy is a factor affecting difficulty but does not require a different legal approach; the established 'real risk' test for stage 2 is adequate and the judge's discretionary assessment was not shown to be wrong.