28 Aug 2025
DP WORLD DJIBOUTI FZCO v. CHINA MERCHANTS PORT HOLDINGS COMPANY LTD
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 3861
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA763/2023
The 2023 Action was struck out in its entirety because both the JVA claim and the 2006 CA claim constitute an abuse of process: the JVA claim is materially identical to a claim already in the 2018 Action and the 2006 CA claim raises matters that could and should have been pursued by amendment in the 2018 Action (Henderson v Henderson and Aldi Stores principles); accordingly there is nothing left of the 2023 Action and it must be dismissed; the court declined to decide the substantive question on the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 pending any application to amend the 2018 Action;…