Read the full judgment text of HCA 561/2021 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 April 2022.
1. This is an application made by the Defendant to stay the proceedings instituted by the Plaintiff against it. The application is made by the Defendant’s summons issued on 28 May 2021 (“ Summons ”). The application is stated in the Summons to have been made under section 20 of the Arbitration Ordinance (“ Ordinance ”) and the inherent jurisdiction of the Court, on the stated ground that the subject matter of the proceedings is the subject of an arbitration agreement between the parties, and not