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Hong Kong: enforcing New York Convention arbitral awards—summary enforcement and action on the award, set-aside, security and partial enforcement under the Arbitration Ordinance and RHC Order 73

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Introduction

The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958 (the New York Convention) was adopted by the United Nations Conference on International Commercial Arbitration held in New York on 10 June 1958. In the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 609) (AO), the New York Convention is described as the Convention. Section 87 of the AO and Order 73, rule 10 of the Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A) (RHC) govern the enforcement of a Convention Award:

Evidence required for enforcing Convention awards (AO, s 88)
Refusal of enforcement of Convention awards (AO, s 89)

Convention awards

A Convention award means an arbitral award made in a state, or in the territory of a state, other than China or any part of China, which is a party to the Convention (AO, s 2(1)). The United Nations maintains a list of the Convention’s parties and their status. The full list of states that have signed the Model Law is available on the UNCITRAL website. It should be noted that:

the award shall be...

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