On March 2nd, the Guangdong Provincial High People's Court released the eighth batch of typical cross-border dispute cases in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. These cases involve the identification of extraterritorial laws, recognition and enforcement of civil and commercial judgments by Hong Kong courts based on new arrangements by mainland courts, Hong Kong companies choosing the jurisdiction of mainland courts and applying domestic laws to resolve disputes, the assumption of insurance liability for "Macau Car Northbound", and the ownership of network domain names. These hot and cutting-edge issues reflect the vivid practice of Guangdong courts fully exerting their judicial functions, comprehensively strengthening the connection of litigation rules among the three regions, and making every effort to create a preferred place for cross-border dispute resolution, providing strong judicial guarantees for the high-quality development of the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.
These 10 typical cases include various types such as traffic accident liability disputes, housing sales contract disputes, guarantee contract disputes, copyright disputes, etc. In the case of Chen Moubin's application for recognition and enforcement of Hong Kong civil and commercial judgments, the Guangdong court applied the new arrangement for the first time to achieve cross regional "circulation" of civil and commercial judgments. In the copyright infringement dispute between Zhang and Guangzhou Guomou Company, the mainland court collaborated with the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization to resolve cross-border copyright disputes, explore effective paths for collaborative protection of intellectual property rights, and stimulate new vitality for innovative development in the Greater Bay Area. In the case of Huang v. Chen and others in the Hong Kong partnership dispute, the mainland court lawfully determined that the technical labor fees of the Hong Kong partners belonged to the debts of the partnership enterprise, protecting the investment rights and interests of Hong Kong and Macao investors in the mainland and creating a legal business environment in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area.
It is reported that Guangdong courts concluded 13500 first instance civil and commercial cases involving Hong Kong and Macao last year, accounting for about two-thirds of the country's total. Since December 2019, 8 batches of 120 typical cases of cross-border disputes in the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area have been successively released, leveraging the important role of cases in unifying judicial standards, providing rule guidance, and strengthening legal publicity, to safeguard the stability and long-term development of the Greater Bay Area with the power of justice.