Read the full judgment text of HCCT 25/2011 and HCCT 26/2011 on BabelCite. This 高等法院原訟法庭 judgment was delivered on 13 July 2011 before Hon Saunders J.
Construction and arbitration proceedings — Enforcement of foreign arbitration awards — Application ex parte for leave to enforce arbitration awards under s. 2GG Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 341) — Service of enforcement orders on corporate secretary of wholly-owned Hong Kong subsidiary of Respondent — Whether such service valid under O 73 r 10(4) — Court holds wide discretion in service of leave orders — Service valid when effected at subsidiary's registered office per corporate records with acknowledgment — Respondent's objections to address and reliance on O 65 r 4 rejected — Extension of time to apply to set aside enforcement orders refused as delaying tactic — Enforcement procedures upheld and costs ordered against Respondent.
Legal issues: Service of order giving leave to enforce arbitration award · Application to extend time to apply to set aside enforcement orders
Outcome: The orders granting leave to enforce the arbitration awards were declared to have been duly served on the Respondent; the Respondent's application to extend time to apply to set aside the orders was refused.
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