In Top Gains Mineral Macao Commercial Offshore Limited and TL Resources Pte Ltd (HCMP1622/2015), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance has refused to discharge an injunction in support of prospective arbitral proceedings in Singapore, despite the "hybrid" nature of… Read more

Declarations of Trade Mark infringement are commonly sought in actions for infringement of intellectual property rights. However, the Hong Kong High Court recently expressed its concern about making a declaration of infringement in circumstances where the defendant had not filed… Read more

In Yu Yuchuan & Ors v China Shanshui Investment Company Limited (HCMP) 360/2015, Hong Kong's Court of First Instance granted leave to minority shareholders of Shanshui Investment Company Limited (Shanshui) to bring unfair prejudice proceedings in the name of the… Read more

In the recent case of Zimmer Sweden AB v KPN Hong Kong Ltd and Brand Trading Limited HCA2264/2013, the Hong Kong High Court upheld two injunctions granted in favour of a company which was the alleged victim of fraud perpetrated… Read more

The English High Court recently considered the test to be applied when deciding whether to grant an interim injunction against a former employee to prevent them from using their former employer's trade secrets. Given that the Hong Kong law on confidential… Read more

The High Court in Hong Kong recently examined the circumstances in which a liquidator was able to depart from their implied duty not to disclose documents obtained from third parties under statute or in the furtherance of their legal duty.… Read more

The High Court in Hong Kong recently considered whether the evidence it was obliged to consider in a security for costs application was limited to that available at the time of the application or extended to evidence of the company's… Read more

As the Year of the Dragon draws to a close we summarise in this e-bulletin some key cases and developments which are likely to be of interest to clients. We also provide (in so far as possible) an indication of… Read more

The Singapore High Court (the “Court”) has refused to set aside an interim anti-suit injunction ordered by an arbitral tribunal (the “Tribunal”) in the case of PT Pukuafu Indah and others v Newmont Indonesia Ltd and another [2012] SGHC 187.… Read more

The Court of Final Appeal has, in Liquidator of Wing Fai Construction Company Limited v Yip Kwong Robert and Others (FACV 3/2011, 8 December 2011), informed practitioners of the approach the courts must now take when faced with applications to… Read more