Yangpu Huigu Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited v He [2025] NSWSC 28

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yangpu Huigu Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited v He [2025] NSWSC 28 Hearing dates: 5 February 2025 Date of orders: 6 February 2025 Decision date: 06 February 2025 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Harrison AsJ Decision: The defendant is to pay the plaintiff in the sum of RMB 11,125,042.66, being the recognition and enforcement of a judgment of 30 November 2022 of the First Intermediate People's Court of Hainan Province of the People's Republic of China in proceedings (2020) Q. 96. M. C. No. 13. Catchwords: PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW – Foreign judgments and orders – Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgment – Enforcement at Common Law – People's Republic of China – People's Court – Whether judgment to be registered must be determined to be a judgment by reference to the law of the foreign jurisdiction or the law of the forum- Judgment to be enforced Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Foreign Judgments Act 1991 (Cth) Cases Cited: Anna Zhou v Xiaoli Jing [2023] NSWSC 214 Bank of China Ltd v Chen [2022] NSWSC 749 Bank of China Ltd v Chen (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1168 Bao v Qu; Tian (No 2) [2020] NSWSC 588 Tianjin Yingtong Materials Co Ltd v Young [2022] NSWSC 943 Zhengzhou Lvdu Real Estate Group Co Ltd v Shu [2024] NSWSC 58 Texts Cited: M Davies et al, Nygh's Conflict of Laws in Australia (LexisNexis, 10th ed, 2020) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Yangpu Huigu Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (Plaintiff) Gaogeng He (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: A Hopkins (Plaintiff)