In Zeng v. Zuo, 2026 BCSC 188, partner James Parker and associate Cindy Chen acted on behalf of the plaintiff seeking recognition and enforcement of a Chinese judgment obtained in 2018 against the defendants. NST relied on the test established in Beals v. Saldanha, 2003 SCC 72 and recently applied in Lonking (China) Machinery Sales Co. Ltd. v. Zhao, 2024 BCSC 79, a case where NST partners Stephen Schachter and James Parker acted as counsel for defendants who successfully resisted recognition and enforcement of a foreign Chinese judgment. In Zeng v. Zuo, the defendants argued that the Chinese judgment was obtained through fraud and the Chinese proceedings were a breach of natural justice.
After a two-day hearing before Mr. Justice Gibb-Carsley, the Court rejected the defendants’ evidence and arguments in their entirety and found in favour of the plaintiff. The Court ordered that the Chinese judgment for over RMB 55 million be enforced as a judgment of the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
