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In World Harbourview Hotel Co. Ltd & Others v ACE Insurance & Others 2010 HKCFI 327, the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Court of First Instance considered a claim filed under insurance policies in respect of business interruption suffered as a result of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003
The recent High Court judgment in Rondabosh International Ltd v China Ping An Insurance (Hong Kong) Co Ltd 2009 HKEC 2103 demonstrates the effect of an arbitration agreement in an insurance policy
The Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China recently issued a letter on 30 December 2009 to all Higher People's Courts in mainland China confirming that ad hoc arbitral awards made in Hong Kong and those arbitral awards made in Hong Kong by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce and other foreign arbitration institutions are enforceable in mainland China in accordance with the Arrangement concerning Mutual Enforcement of Arbitral Awards between mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region signed in 1999 (the "Arrangement"
In the recent case of Leung Chee Kuen Carol Macrady v American International Assurance Co (Bermuda) Ltd 2009 HKEC 1826, the court was asked to consider whether the insurance company AIA had wrongfully terminated its relationship with the plaintiff
On 26 June 2009, a solicitor and a recovery agent were found guilty by the District Court for offering a "no win, no fee" deal to a mother seeking compensation for her son, who was severely injured in a road traffic accident
