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Hong Kong Leading Case bankruptcy petitionarbitration agreements

Re Guy Lam

[2023] HKCFA 9
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHK Court of Final Appeal
Year2023
StatusBinding authority

Summary

CFA held that where a bankruptcy petition debt is subject to an arbitration clause, the court will generally stay or dismiss the petition in favour of arbitration.

Key Principle

The Court of Final Appeal clarified that the court will generally apply Guy Lam principles to arbitrable cross-claims in insolvency proceedings.

Area of Law

insolvency

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