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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 …
A lost cause? The breadth of limitation periods and undertakings not to bring further proceedings in the private wealth context
A number of our recent blog posts have looked at Hong Kong estates disputes. The case of Ho Sin Ying v Chan Yui Ling and Maryo Development Limited …
Contract may be made in more than one country for purposes of establishing jurisdiction
The English High Court has held that a claimant had a good arguable case that a contract was made in both England and Texas and that this was sufficient …
Hong Kong: The need to get winding up petitions right
The Court of First Instance in Hong Kong recently provided a timely reminder that the jurisdiction to wind up a foreign company is an exorbitant one …
Hong Kong High Court considers the scope of exception to a provisional liquidators' implied duty of non-disclosure
The High Court in Hong Kong recently examined the circumstances in which a liquidator was able to depart from their implied duty not to disclose …
Bank bonuses under scrutiny - the legal challenge to the bonus cap
At the end of September 2013, it was announced that the UK Government had launched a legal challenge in the Court of Justice of the European Union …
Hong Kong Court upholds exclusive jurisdiction clause in favour of PRC Court
The choice of exclusive jurisdiction in favour of either Hong Kong or the PRC courts in a contract may enable litigants to take benefit from the …
Hong Kong Court rejects 'window-dressing' in security for costs application
The High Court in Hong Kong recently considered whether the evidence it was obliged to consider in a security for costs application was limited to that …
UK Court of Appeal confirms the legality of basis clauses
In Genesis Housing Association Limited v Liberty Syndicate Management Limited and others [2013] EWCA Civ 1173 the Court of Appeal upheld the first …
Hands are Thai'd?
With increasing numbers of international estates and the multi-jurisdictional litigation it can create, the recent Court of Appeal decision relating to …
Building the blocks of the new Competition regime
Preparations continue as the Hong Kong Government brings the Competition Ordinance into effect in phases. The Ordinance, which has been enacted to …
Misplaced Trust
At our last private wealth seminar, we took an in-depth look at charities. A recent UK case has highlighted some of the curiosities which can arise …
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