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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: Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 in force and Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance 2014 delayed
The Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014—Ordinance No. 19 of 2014 came into force on 12 December 2014. The amended ordinance can be found here. …
Labour Tribunal's exclusive jurisdiction averted by separate commission agreement
A recent Hong Kong case has highlighted the important point that the Labour Tribunal's exclusive jurisdiction does not extend to dealing with matters …
Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal upholds legal professional privilege as an absolute right
The Court of Final Appeal has, again, reminded us in the recent high profile case of Secretary for Justice v Florence Tsang & others that …
I want my money back! A recent Hong Kong Court decision considers Quistclose trusts
The recent Hong Kong District Court case of Thomson v Jeans and Anor and Boewe v Jeans & Anor [2014] HKEC 1560 provides both a useful analysis and …
Ongoing Nina Wang saga: Hong Kong Court of Appeal grants leave for Chinachem Charitable Foundation to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal
The Court of Appeal ("CA") dismissed Chinachem Charitable Foundation Limited's (the “Foundation”) appeal on 11 April 2014 and held that Nina Wang had …
Whose house is it anyway? Hong Kong Court grapples with constructive and resulting trusts
In Cheung Hon Hung v Siu Wai Chun, the personal relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant had broken down, and they were in dispute over a …
Staying a 25-year old winding up proceeding
In the unusual case of Albert Edward Rodrigues v Associacao Portuguesa de Socorrous Mutuos (in liquidation) (HCMP 1391/2014), the Hong Kong Court of …
Stay of Hong Kong winding-up petition pending foreign appeal proceedings
In the recent case of In re Shiamas International Limited (HCCW 80/2014), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance refused to stay a winding-up petition on …
Discharging Court appointed interim receivers in Hong Kong
In the very recent, but complex, case of Achieve Goal Holdings Limited v Zhong Xin Ore-Material Holding Company Limited (HCA 1987/2005), the Court of …
The status of foreign liquidators recognised in Hong Kong
The recent case of The Joint Official Liquidators of A Company v B and Another has confirmed that a liquidator of a foreign company can seek the Hong …
Hong Kong Court of First Instance discusses the new Practice Direction on E-Discovery in relation to a specific discovery application
The recent decision in Chinacast Education Corporation and others v Chan Tze Ngon and others is one of particular relevance as it is the first time the …
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