Read the full judgment text of HCMP 002705/1987 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. This is an urgent application, made under section 26 of the Arbitration Ordinance, Chapter 341. The result will affect the course of an arbitration due to commence next Monday, 18th January 1988. The arbitration arises out of a dispute between the Hong Kong Government ("the Government") and Yeu Shing Construction Company Limited ("the company"). The company had succeeded, by novation, to the benefit and burden of two contracts made in 1969 between its predecessor firm ("the contractor").and t