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Norwich Pharmacal Orders

A Norwich Pharmacal order is a type of disclosure order requiring the provision of information. It may be used to help a potential claimant to identify a wrongdoer to sue, to obtain information to facilitate a decision whether or not to sue or to trace the movement of assets.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Timothy Loh LLP

Going Digital: What The New Courts (Remote Hearing) Ordinance Means For Civil Cases In Hong Kong

Hong Kong's Courts (Remote Hearing) Ordinance (Cap. 654) (the "Ordinance") took effect on 28 March 2025. The Ordinance builds on the Judiciary's multi-year effort to integrate technology into court processes, a move accelerated by the lessons learned during the pandemic.

Hong Kong Litigation

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ONC Lawyers

Legal Update: Anti-Suit Injunction Restraining A Defendant In A Hong Kong Court Action From Continuing Proceedings It Commenced In The People's Court Of Beijing

On behalf of China City Construction (International) Co., Limited (In Creditors' Voluntary Liquidation) ("CCCI") and Dingway Investment Limited (In Compulsory Liquidation) ("Dingway")...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

First JPEX Judgement By A Hong Kong Court In Favor Of Customers

On 29 October 2024, the Hong Kong District Court issued the judgment of the first legal action (Chan Wing Yan and Another v. JP-EX Crypto Asset Platform Ltd and Others [2024] HKDC 1628) against JPEX...

Hong Kong Litigation

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K&L Gates LLP

The Court Of Final Appeal Revisits The Approach Of An Appellate Court In Magistracy Appeals

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

Managing IP In Conflict Zones, An IP Lawyer Weighs In

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Rouse

Recent Decisions On Compulsory Sale Applications In Hong Kong In Relation To 100% Owned Lot And Calculation Of Ownership Threshold

Hong Kong Real Estate

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Mayer Brown

Hong Kong Court Of Final Appeal Clarifies A Bank's Liability For Transferring Customer Funds In Breach Of Its Quincecare Duty Of Care Before Unauthorised Closure Of The Account

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Litigate Or Arbitrate: The Continuing Debate

Worldwide Litigation

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Carey Olsen

International Arbitration Comparative Guide

Hong Kong Litigation

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Gall

Security For Costs (Video)

Hong Kong Litigation

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Gall

The Hong Kong Court Reconsiders The Primacy Of The Jurisdiction Of Incorporation In Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Hong Kong Courts Made Landmark Decision On Principles Applicable To Service Out Of Examination Orders

Hong Kong Litigation

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Hill Dickinson

There's No Place To Wind-Up Like Home

Hong Kong Litigation

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Conyers

To Opt Out Or Not To Opt Out? – The Question Of The "Opt-Out Model" For AI Training

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Haldanes

Haldanes' Recent Successes In Fraud Recovery: Securing Justice For Clients

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

Safeguarding The Mentally Incapacitated: Navigating The Complex Framework For Appointing Mental Health Committees In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Healthcare

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Haldanes

Legal Update: Proposed Reduction On Threshold On Working Hours For "Continuous Contract"

Hong Kong Employment

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Tanner De Witt

The New Rules Of Legal Writing: How To Be Found By AI

Hong Kong Technology

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Haldanes

Courts In England And Hong Kong Order Immediate Prison Sentence And Restate Serious Consequences Of Disobeying Disclosure Orders

In recent weeks, courts in England and Hong Kong have taken the opportunity to set out the serious consequences that follow from deliberately breaching disclosure orders made in the context

Hong Kong Litigation

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Hogan Lovells

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal: Common Law Actions Available To Enforce Arbitral Awards

Two key developments emerge from the long-running proceedings in Xiamen Xinjingdi Group Co Ltd v Eton Properties Ltd [2016] 2 HKLRD 1106 and Xiamen Xinjingdi Group Co Ltd v Eton Properties [2018] HKCFI 910.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Implication Of Pre-Action Settlement Offers By Insurer Clients

The Plaintiff, a lawful visitor of a fitness centre operated by the Defendant, slipped, and fell, while walking towards the shower room area of the said fitness centre, leading to injuries in the left wrist.

Hong Kong Insurance

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Mayer Brown

Third Party Funding In Hong Kong

Third party funding has become increasingly common in numerous common law jurisdictions over the last decade.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Clyde & Co

Hong Kong Court Of Final Appeal Considers Sufficient Connection To Wind Up A BVI Company On The Just And Equitable Basis

Hong Kong Commercial

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Conyers

Relying On The Department's Assessment Of Your Legal Aid Application? Think Twice!

Hong Kong Government

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ONC Lawyers

The Emergency Arbitrator Procedures Under The New HKIAC Rules

Hong Kong Litigation

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WilmerHale

Court as gatekeeper – the transfer of long term insurance business in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Insurance

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King & Wood Mallesons

Failure By Insurer To Report Termination Of Agent's Appointment Results In Breach Of Duty

Hong Kong Insurance

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Mayer Brown

Mediation Ordinance Passed By Hong Kong’s Legislature

Hong Kong Litigation

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Clyde & Co

A Tale of Two Jewellers - Honest Concurrent Use of Trade Marks

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Mayer Brown

Securities: Right Of Silence Before The Insider Dealing Tribunal

Hong Kong Finance

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Angela Wang & Co.,

Employment Law: Breaking The Continuity Of Employment

Hong Kong Employment

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Angela Wang & Co.,

Meaning of Practical Completion In Building Contracts

Hong Kong Strategy

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Pinsent Masons

A Tale of Two Jewellers - Honest Concurrent Use of Trade Marks

In a trade mark appeal in relation to a household brand in Hong Kong between two renowned jewellers who share the same family origin and enjoy a successful business ("C.S.S. Jewellery Company Limited v The Registrar of Trade Marks"), the Court of First Instance set aside the Trade Marks Registrar's decision and allowed the Appellant's registration of a trade mark which the Court found the two jewellers had concurrently used for a considerable period of time.

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Mayer Brown

Securities: Right Of Silence Before The Insider Dealing Tribunal

A recent Court of Appeal judgment in the case of Koon Wing Yee and Chan Kin Shing Sonny vs Insider Dealing Tribunal in which our firm acts for the 2nd Appellant, has ruled that the Hong Kong Insider Dealing Tribunal’s power to summon or require an implicated person to give evidence as unconstitutional.

Hong Kong Finance

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Angela Wang & Co.,

Employment Law: Breaking The Continuity Of Employment

Section 31B of the Hong Kong Employment Ordinance provides that an employee employed for a minimum of 24 months under a continuous contract will be entitled to severance payment if he is dismissed by reason of redundancy or where the employee is laid off.

Hong Kong Employment

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Angela Wang & Co.,

Meaning of Practical Completion In Building Contracts

Following the recent judgment of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in the case of Mariner International Hotels Ltd v Atlas Ltd, the term ‘practical completion’ in Hong Kong building contracts is now arguably a legal term of art which means a state of affairs in which the works have been completed free from patent defects other than ones to be ignored as trifling.

Hong Kong Strategy

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Pinsent Masons

Commission Not Wages for Entitlements under Hong Kong Employment Ordinance

Hong Kong Strategy

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Angela Wang & Co.,

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