HONG KONG 23
Yearbook
Yearbook Commercial Arbitration, A.J. van den Berg (ed.), Vol. XXXIV (2009)
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Hong Kong
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Hong Kong 23. High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance, 12 December 2008
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"Persons, whether physical or legal" (paragraph 1) (including sovereign immunity)
The court discusses issues relating to the quality of the parties, as physical or legal persons against whom enforcement of an arbitral award is sought, including the incapacity of a State to enter into an arbitration agreement, and questions relating to sovereign immunity. For the related defenses to enforcement, see Art. V(1)(a).