Shipping & Maritime Barrister of the Year - Hong Kong

Colin Wright

Colin Wright is a practising barrister who acts as adviser and advocate in disputes before courts and arbitral tribunals. He has particular experience in commercial litigation, shipping, carriage of goods and international trade. He appears as advocate in actions before the courts and in confidential arbitrations.

He has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 1998.

Colin Wright’s cases include the following: • The Owners of M.V.

“Pontadamon” v The Owners of M.V. “He Da 98” – Collision action

• Birnam Ltd v The Owners of the Ship or Vessel “Hong Ming (August 2011) – Application to set aside the arrest of a vessel

• S-Net Freight (HK) Ltd v Namsung Shipping Co Ltd (August 2011) – Hong Kong Commercial Court – Application to set aside order granting leave to serve writ out of the jurisdiction

• Chimbusco Pan Nation PetroChemical Co Ltd v The Owners and/or Demise Charterers of M.V. “Decurion” – Arrest of vessel, order for sale pendente lite and application for judgment

• Yangtze Navigation (Hong Kong) Co Ltd v Sealink Ocean Shipping - Hong Kong Commercial Court – Application for Freezing Injunction

• Landsbanki v Ocean Airlines SPA – Hong Kong Commercial Court - Application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the removal of a Boeing 747 aircraft from Hong Kong

• The New China Hong Kong Group Ltd v Century City International Holdings Ltd and Others – July 2011 - Court of Appeal – acted on behalf of Liquidators in one of Hong Kong’s largest insolvencies

• Cogi Enterprises Ltd and Others v Incorporated Owners of Malahon Apartments June 2011 – Court of

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Appeal – application for mandatory injunction

• Kam Hing Trading v The People’s Insurance Company of China (Hong Kong) Limited – Hong Kong Commercial Court – claim under a policy of marine insurance arising from total loss of a vessel at sea

• Carewins Ltd v Bright Fortune Ltd – Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal – claim against a carrier for misdelivery of goods without production of the original bill of lading

• Tradepower (Holdings) Ltd v Tradepower Ltd [2010] 1 HKC 380 – Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal – claim for transfer of property with an alleged intention to defraud creditors

• Goldlion Properties Ltd v Regent National Enterprises Ltd – Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal – claim for specific performance of a contract for the sale of the Kimberley Hotel, Hong Kong

• Dragon Point Holdings Ltd v Heath Lambert (Hong Kong) Ltd – Hong Kong High Court, Commercial List – claim arising from constructive total loss of vessel

• Akai Holdings Limited & Others v Ho Wing On & Others – Hong Kong High Court, Commercial List – claim for alleged breach of fiduciary duty arising from one of Hong Kong’s largest ever corporate collapses

• Mau Wing Industrial Limited v Ensign Freight Pte Limited and Others - Hong Kong Commercial Court – claim against a carrier for misdelivery of goods without production of the original bills of lading

• The New China Hong Kong Group Ltd v Ernst & Young (a firm) – Hong Kong Commercial Court - claim for damages in negligence against the auditors of an insolvent group of companies

• Hill Cosmos International Ltd v Ocean Fishery Holding NV - Hong Kong High Court - claim for restitution of arising from a proposed joint venture for exploitation of fishing licences

 Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011 Colin Wright 8th Floor

Far East Finance Centre 16 Harcourt Road Hong Kong Tel: + 852 2866 8233 Fax: + 852 2866 3932 Email: colin@wrightcounsel.com

Stone Chambers 4 Field Court Gray’s Inn London

United Kingdom Tel: +44 207 440 6900 Fax: +44 207 242 0197

• The “Liberty Container” – Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal - appeal on the question whether a third party funder of unsuccessful litigation is liable to pay the successful party’s costs

Professional Qualifications: Barrister, England and Wales (1987) Barrister, New South Wales (1987) Barrister and Solicitor, Victoria (1989) Barrister, Hong Kong (1999)

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