Read the full judgment text of HCA 000013/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 February 1998.
1. On 26 November 1996, a CIETAC arbitral tribunal in mainland China made an award in favour of the plaintiff and against the defendant. On 13 February 1997, I gave leave to the plaintiff to enforce the award in Hong Kong. On 27 February 1997, the defendant issued a summons seeking an order setting aside my order of 13 February 1997. This order is sought under section 44 of the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 341) on the grounds mentioned in subsection (2)(c); that the defendant "was not given prope