Supreme People's Court, Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters by the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

最高人民法院关于内地与香港特别行政区法院相互认可和执行民商事案件判决的安排

March 13, 2019 | BY

Susan Mok

Mainland China and Hong Kong/Macao make progress in reciprocal enforcement of judgments

Clp Reference: 1200/19.01.18 Promulgated: 2019-01-18
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Signed: January 18, 2019

Main contents: Reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments includes both monetary and non-monetary rulings. This includes trade secret infringement cases and the monetary rulings thereof cover punitive or exemplary damages (Articles 16 & 17).

However, the Arrangement, for the time being, does not apply to judgments concerning certain matrimonial and family cases, inheritance cases, certain patent infringement cases, certain maritime cases, bankruptcy (insolvency) cases, cases on voters' qualifications, arbitration-related cases, as well as judgments or arbitral awards of other countries or regions (Article 3).

clp reference: 1200/19.01.18 signed: 2019-01-18

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