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Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: The Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention by National Courts Read chapter Read first chapter

2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention in Hong Kong

Authors : Rajesh Sharma, Suraj Sajnani

Published in: Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The Convention is viewed very positively in Hong Kong. The unique position of Hong Kong has created several tracks for the enforcement of international arbitral awards there, which may generate some confusion. The courts of Hong Kong show a pro-enforcement bias in support of the Convention and they have done a well-regarded job in applying it.

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Footnotes
1
Chapter 609 of the laws of Hong Kong.
 
2
At that time, Hong Kong did not appear in the list of signatories; rather, its name appeared in the footnotes.
 
3
Arts 3 and 7 of the Joint Declaration of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Question of Hong Kong.
 
4
Art 1 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (“Basic Law”).
 
5
‘Status – Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (New York, 1958)’ www.​uncitral.​org/​uncitral/​en/​uncitral_​texts/​arbitration/​NYConvention_​status.​html.
 
6
See Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
 
7
Note that the common law developed in the UK before 1997 applies in Hong Kong by virtue of Art 8 of the Basic Law.
 
8
J Choong and R Weeramantry (eds), The Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance: Commentary and Annotations (Hong Kong, Sweet & Maxwell/Thompson Reuters, 2011) 445.
 
9
D Brock, ‘Recognition and Enforcement of the Arbitral Award’ in G Ma and N Kaplan (eds), Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide (Hong Kong, Sweet & Maxwell, 2003) 446-447.
 
10
See above n 8.
 
11
Guangdong Agriculture Company Ltd v Conagra International [1993] 1 HKLR 113.
 
12
Tianjin Medicine & Health Products Import & Export Corp v Moeller [1994] 1 HKC 545; China State Construction v Madiford [1992] 1 HKC 320.
 
13
Lucky Goldstar International v Ng Moo Kee Engineering Ltd [1993] 2 HKLR 73.
 
14
See above n 9.
 
15
See above n 8; W Stone, ‘Public Policy in the Enforcement of New York Convention Awards: A Hong Kong perspective’ (2011) 5 TDM.
 
16
See above n 8.
 
17
Pacific Crown Engineering Ltd v Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co Ltd [2003] 3 HKC 659.
 
18
See s 15 of the Control of Exemption Clauses Ordinance (Chapter 71 of the laws of Hong Kong).
 
19
See G Haley, Arbitration Guide: Hong Kong (International Bar Association, 2012).
 
20
Astro Nusantara International BV and others v PT Ayunda Prima Mitra and others (HCCT 45/2010) Court of First Instance (21 March 2012).
 
21
Gao Haiyan v Keeneye Holdings Ltd [2010] HKEC 1694.
 
22
See above n 20.
 
23
Jiangxi Provincial Metal and Minerals Import and Export Corp v Sulanser Co Ltd (Miscellaneous Proceedings 887 of 1994) Supreme Court of Hong Kong (6 April 1995).
 
24
Chapter 341 of the laws of Hong Kong.
 
25
Paklito Investment Ltd v Klockner East Asia Ltd [1993] 2 HKLR 39.
 
26
Apex Tech Investment Ltd v Chuang’s Development (China) Ltd [1996] 2 HKLR 155.
 
27
Guangdong New Technology Import & Export Corp Jiangmen Branch [China] v Chiu Shing T/A BC Property & Trading Co [HK](Miscellaneous Proceedings 1625 of 1991) Supreme Court of Hong Kong (23 August 1991).
 
28
Wah-Chung International (China) Co Ltd v Tiong Huat Rubber Factory (Sdn) Bhd [1991]1 HKC 28.
 
29
Werner A Bok v The N’s Co Ltd [1978] HKLR 281.
 
30
See above n 19.
 
31
Zhejiang Province Garment Import and Export Co v Siemssen & Co (Hong Kong) Trading Ltd [1993] ADRLJ 183.
 
32
Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong 1(2) (Hong Kong, LexisNexis, 2008).
 
33
See above n 19.
 
34
See above n 21.
 
35
Hebei Import & Export v Polytek Engineering Co Ltd [1999] 1 HKLRD 665.
 
36
See above n 25.
 
37
Qinhuangdao Tongda Enterprise Development Co v Million Basic Co Ltd [1993] 1 HKLR 173.
 
38
ibid; see above n 25; Guangdong Province Metal Resources Import and Export Corp (formerly China Metal Resources Import and Export Corp Guangdong Province Branch Office) v Metalasia (HK) Ltd. (Unreported Miscellaneous Proceedings 3361of 1994).
 
39
Gao Haiyan and another v Keeneye Holdings Ltd and another (CACV 79/2011) Court of Appeal (2 December 2011).
 
40
Xiamen Xinjingdi Group Ltd v Eton Properties Ltd and Eton Properties (Holdings) Ltd (CACV 106/2008 & CACV 197/2008) Court of Appeal (11 June 2009).
 
41
JJ Agro Industries (P) Ltd (A firm) v Texuna International Ltd [1994] 1 HKLR 89.
 
42
Mercedes-Benz AG v Herbert Heinz Horst Leiduck [1995] HKEC 371.
 
43
Chapter 347 of the laws of Hong Kong.
 
44
See above n 19.
 
45
S 4(1) of the Limitation Ordinance.
 
46
The Democratic Republic of Congo v FG Hemisphere (FACV 5 of 2010).
 
47
See above n 21.
 
48
VV Veeder, ‘Is There a Need to Revise the New York Convention’ in E Gaillard (ed), The Review of International Arbitral Awards (Juris, 2008).
 
Literature
J Choong and R Weeramantry (eds), The Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance: Commentary and Annotations (Hong Kong, Sweet & Maxwell/Thompson Reuters, 2011)
G Ma and N Kaplan (eds), Arbitration in Hong Kong: A Practical Guide (Hong Kong, Sweet & Maxwell, 2003)
M J Moser and T Y W Cheng, Hong Kong Arbitration: A User's Guide, 3rd edn (Hong Kong, Wolters & Kluwer Law & Business, 2014)
Metadata
Title
Interpretation and Application of the New York Convention in Hong Kong
Authors
Rajesh Sharma
Suraj Sajnani
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-50913-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-50915-0

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50915-0_15