The 5th wave of COVID in Hong Kong has hit the business community hard. Many businesses have closed down whilst some companies and sole proprietors are considering winding up and bankruptcy as options to limit losses. For businesses that continue running, they face new challenges in dealing with employees as a result of various legislative measures taken by the government on vaccination and related requirements. 

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(This article was published in the May 2020 Issue of Hong Kong Lawyer: http://www.hk-lawyer.org/sites/default/files/e-magazines/HKL-MAY-2020/viewer/desktop/index.html?doc=917CC81E9107138E6C05E7B46F3C9397#page/30)

(本文章发表于2020年5月的《香港律师》杂志上：http://www.hk-lawyer.org/sites/default/files/e-magazines/HKL-MAY-2020/viewer/desktop/index.html?doc=917CC81E9107138E6C05E7B46F3C9397#page/34)

法庭该如何处理就仅基于指称债务（其为某仲裁条款之标的事项）而提出的清盘呈请呢？仲裁条款与清盘呈请之间的相互作用，导致近期普通法司法管辖区中出现互相矛盾的判决。尽管普遍接受的是，清盘法律程序不具可仲裁性，因此不存在因仲裁而自动、强制性或非酌情地搁置对清盘法律程序，但当以酌情权决定涉及仲裁条款的清盘法律程序应否予以搁置或撤销时，不同普通法司法管辖区法院却采纳了不同的方案。具体而言，该等不同方案是：

It is not uncommon that foreign administrators/ liquidators see the needs to seek enforcement or exercise their power in Hong Kong. The legal position in this regard is by and large aligned with the rest of the common law world in that Hong Kong Courts would recognize and assist foreign liquidators upon conditions being satisfied. The liquidator will then be able to exercise powers as if it were a local liquidator subject to certain limits. Importantly, this includes power to initiate actions.