Dispute Resolution

This week HKIAC hosted the second annual Hong Kong Arbitration Week. The China session looked at how to choose a commission, the effects of the CIETAC split and how to get the right presiding arbitrator

China sets curbs on online defamation.

Vincent Mu of Martin Hu & Partners summarises the most important cases of the last 12 months and analyses the latest developments in the CIETAC disputes

HK and Macao lawyers allowed to handle more civil cases in the mainland.

Environmental pollution causing at least 30 persons to be poisoned is regarded as causing serious harm to human health.

This year's report has derived 37 law application issues with general guiding significance from 34 typical cases carefully selected from the intellectual property and competition cases completed by the Supreme People's Court in 2012.

Following extensive review and consultation, HKIAC has unveiled its much-awaited new Administered Arbitration Rules, which are attractive to mainland parties and will come into force from November 2013

SPC delegates patent cases to primary-level people's courts.

Issued: March 31 2013Main contents: The Draft makes no definite decision on whether to accept real property as a leased object. One suggestion is to allow…