Hong Kong: Hong Kong Court Upholds Claimant's Jurisdictional Challenge In Relation To Non-Party Seeking Joinder - Herbert Smith Freehills

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has set aside an HKIAC award on jurisdiction at the request of the claimant, overturning the tribunal's ruling that a party seeking to be joined to the arbitration and substituted in the claimant's place was the true principal to the contract (R v. A, B and C [2023] HKCFI 2034).