In recent years, the courts have sought to strike a balance between upholding contractual agreements to refer disputes to arbitration and protecting a party's statutory rights to wind up a company in court.

While courts in England and Hong Kong generally land on the side of upholding arbitration agreements, the position in BVI and Cayman is not so clear-cut and there is potentially more room for argument.

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Originally published by Hong Kong Lawyer.

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