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Launch of Asia Pacific Guide to Privilege 2019
Please click here to access a preview of the Guide. We are pleased to launch the 2019 edition of our Asia Pacific Guide to Privilege. Businesses …
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal considers constitutionality of the requirement to disclose suspicious transactions
In Interush Limited & Anor v The Commissioner of Police, the Commission of Custom & Excise and Mak Wing Yip Cyril, Superintendent of Police …
Hong Kong SFC confirms enforcement priorities and approach following strategic review
In its recently relaunched Enforcement Reporter newsletter (see first issue), the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has confirmed that corporate …
Property tycoon and former Chief Secretary to appeal to Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong's high profile corruption case
Former Chief Secretary, Rafael Hui, former Sun Hung Kai chairman, Thomas Kwok, and two others have today been given permission to appeal to Hong Kong's …
Property tycoon and former Chief Secretary lose appeal in Hong Kong’s highest-profile corruption case
Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and ex-deputy leader Rafael Hui saw their appeals against conviction and sentence dismissed before the Hong Kong …
Herbert Smith Freehills Singapore hosts round table discussion on "preserving privilege: practical issues in the context of disputes and investigations"
On Wednesday 13 January 2016, a cross section of our clients based in Singapore joined our Disputes and Corporate Crime & Investigations teams and …
New guide to the Independent Insurance Authority in Hong Kong launched
Hong Kong is about to establish a unified insurance regulatory regime under the auspices of a new body, to be named the 'Insurance Authority'. The …
Hong Kong's former Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, charged with misconduct in public office
Amidst dramatic court scenes, the former Chief Executive (CE) of Hong Kong, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, was charged on Monday with two counts of misconduct in …
New guide to anti-corruption regulation in Asia Pacific launched
Over the past two years we have witnessed an exponential increase in global efforts to combat corruption. Nowhere is this more visible than Asia, where a …
Property tycoon and former Chief Secretary jailed in Hong Kong's highest-level corruption trial
Thomas Kwok, chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Rafael Hui Si-yan, former Government number two, and two businessmen have been found guilty and …
Hong Kong court rules that restrictions on disclosure under PRC laws are inapplicable
In this landmark case, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance was asked to inquire into non-compliance by a Hong Kong CPA firm, Ernst & Young, with …
English & Hong Kong Courts refuse to infer common law duty of care in mis-selling claims involving non-advisory contracts
An English Court of Appeal case heard recently confirmed that the English courts will be unwilling to infer a common law duty into non-advisory contracts …
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