Hong Kong arbitration case law in 2020: a review

This article summarises the most noteworthy cases in relation to arbitration handed down by the Hong Kong courts in 2020. It also addresses the new Supplemental Arrangement Concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, signed by the Department of Justice of the HKSAR Government and the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China on 27 November 2020. This analysis is prepared by Edward Liu, Maggie Lee and Andy Hong of Hill Dickinson Hong Kong.

Applications to set aside arbitral awards