Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 003476/2006 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 23 January 2008.
1. The Plaintiff (“Ryoden”) seeks summary judgment against the Defendant (“New India”) for the sums of HK$846,375.53 and HJK$18,377.00. The claim is based on s. 2 of the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Ordinance (Cap 273) (“the Ordinance”). New India however asks for a stay of the proceedings for arbitration, as the subject matter insurance policy contains an arbitration clause. New India also contends as an alternative argument that it has a meritorious and triable defence in any eve