Lord Sales, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, delivered the latest lecture in the HKU-Temple Chambers Law Lecture Series on 24 September 2026.

The Role of Equity in the Law of Contract

”, the lecture addressed the distinct moral foundations of contract law and Equity, and how the two interact. The opening remarks were delivered by Professor Hualing Fu, Dean of the HKU Faculty of Law, and 

Held at the University of Hong Kong, the event welcomed nearly 300 attendees including members of the judiciary, legal practitioners, professors, and law students. The Honourable Mr Justice Eugene Fung, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court and a former member of Temple Chambers, moderated the lecture.

We extend our sincere thanks to our co-sponsor, The University of Hong Kong, to Lord Sales and our other speakers for their contributions, and to everyone who attended and supported the event.

廈門新景地集團有限公司 v Eton Properties Limited

 [2026] HKCFA 30, the Appeal Committee of the Court of Final Appeal dismissed the 1

 Defendants’ application for leave to appeal.

The protracted procedural history in the enforcement of an arbitration award

 CIETAC Award was made in 2006. In 2007, Andrew Cheung J (as Cheung CJ then was) entered judgment in terms of the 1

 Award, rejecting the Defendants’ contention that the 1

 Award could no longer be performed. From 2009 to 2020, the Plaintiff pursued, inter alia, a common law action to enforce the 1

 Award –– a process that culminated in the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal finding in 2020 that the court had the power to award damages to the Plaintiff despite the relief being different from the terms of the 1

 Award. From 2021 to 2026, the battleground shifted to the assessment of quantum.

The proper approach to assessing damages for breach of the implied promise to honour an arbitral award:

 The central difference between the parties concerned the proper counterfactual to be adopted:

Ribeiro PJ, giving the Appeal Committee’s determination, held that the 1

 Defendants’ arguments faced insurmountable hurdles and were barred by the 

 Defendants were attempting to run an entirely new case that had been neither pleaded nor supported by evidence.

In any event, Ribeiro PJ held that the foundations of the 1

 Defendants’ argument were untenable, since their proposed counterfactual for damages was inconsistent with the arbitral award.

, instructed by Anthony Siu & Co, acted for the Plaintiff.

厦门新景地集团有限公司 v Eton Properties Limited

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