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When Is A Parent, A Legal Parent? Legal Considerations Every Would-be (International) Parent Should Know About

In England and Wales, registration is usually evidence of legal parentage but, that is not always the end of the story. Where there is dispute between would-be parents...

Hong Kong Family

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Withers LLP

Preliminary Proposed Enhancements To The Stamp Duty Relief For Intra-group Asset Transfer

The HKSAR Government has released its preliminary proposed enhancements to the stamp duty relief for intra-group asset transfers under section 45 of the Stamp Duty Ordinance (section 45 relief).

Hong Kong Commercial

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KPMG

Hong Kong Court Considers Enforcement Of Mainland Judgments And "Full And Frank" Duties For Injunction Applicants

The Hong Kong Court has recently handed down a judgment concerning the operation of the Mainland Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 597) ("MJREO")...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

First Of Its Kind – Successful Registration Of PRC Judgment In Hong Kong Under The Mainland Judgments In Civil And Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 645)

HD Hyundai Infracore China Co., Ltd v Li Zhiwei [2025] HKCFI 5714 is among the first cases in which the Hong Kong Court has registered a PRC ruling under the Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 645) (the "Ordinance"), since it came into effect on 29 January 2024.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Withers LLP

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Clarifies Condition Precedent In MG Charter Limited v Beijing Caissa – Implications For Contractual Remedies (Part 2)

Hong Kong Commercial

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Withers LLP

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Accepts Fresh Evidence In Fraud Allegation Case

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Anti-suit Injunctions

Hong Kong Litigation

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Timothy Loh LLP

Prohibition Orders

Hong Kong Litigation

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Timothy Loh LLP

Hong Kong Court Dismisses Challenge To Arbitral Award Alleging Arbitrator's Sleeping And Hostility

Hong Kong Litigation

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ONC Lawyers

When Arbitration Meets Insolvency: Are Hong Kong Courts Rebalancing The Framework In Cross-Border Cases?

Hong Kong Litigation

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Hauzen

UK Supreme Court Overrules 'Deemed Fulfilment' Principle – What Does This Mean For Hong Kong Contractual Obligations

Hong Kong Commercial

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Withers LLP

High Stakes, Higher Standards: Navigating Duty Of Care In Financial Services

Hong Kong Finance

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Withers LLP

The Courts (Remote Hearing) Ordinance In Hong Kong: Transforming Judicial Proceedings In The Digital Age

Hong Kong Litigation

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Lewis Silkin

Hong Kong Court Decision On Unfair Preference And Issue Estoppel In Liquidation Proceedings

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Modernising The Sale Of Goods: How UK And Mainland China Models Address Delivery Risk For Consumers

Hong Kong Consumer

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Haldanes

Venture Pulse Q4'25

Hong Kong Commercial

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KPMG

Preliminary Proposed Enhancements To The Stamp Duty Relief For Intra-group Asset Transfer

Hong Kong Commercial

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KPMG

How NewJeans Nearly Turned The K-pop Industry Upside Down

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

What Is Considered Constructive Dismissal? Two Significant Rulings Shed Light On The Threshold

Hong Kong Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

保障精神上無行為能力人士: 委任受託監管人的法律框架

面對失去精神行為能力的摯親，對相關人士而言往往是極具情感挑戰性又複雜的處境。

Hong Kong Healthcare

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Haldanes

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

When a loved one faces mental incapacity, it can be an emotionally challenging and complex situation for all involved.

Hong Kong Healthcare

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Haldanes

會計及財務匯報局調查

會計及財務匯報局（Accounting and Financial Reporting Council, "AFRC"）是香港負責監管會計專業的法定機構，其職責在於維持高水平的財務報告並確保利益相關者的信心。

Hong Kong Accounting

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Haldanes

Hong Kong Court Confirms Work Fees Do Not Generally Fracture The Class Of Creditors

In Re CIFI Holdings (Group) Co Ltd [2025] HKCFI 3250, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance sanctioned a scheme of arrangement under section 673 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622)...

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Provides Guidance On Interim Relief In Support Of PRC Proceedings

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Of Appeal Upholds Lower Court's Decision On "Holder" Of A Global Note Certificate

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong And Australian Courts Recognise Principles Of Segregation In Cayman SPCs

Worldwide Litigation

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Appleby

Understanding Costs In Children's Proceedings – A Recent Judgment

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

Court Of Final Appeal Upholds Restrictions Of Intra-Group Stamp Duty Relief

Hong Kong Litigation

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Timothy Loh LLP

Court Of Appeal Affirms That Mainland Enforcement Rulings Not Registrable Or Enforceable Under Cap. 597

Hong Kong Litigation

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Dentons

Where Does Our Property Stand?

Hong Kong Family

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Des Voeux Chambers

Two Recent Decisions On Enforcing Mainland Judgments In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Litigation

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ELLALAN

Substituted Service Of HK Judicial Documents In Mainland China

Worldwide Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

HK Court Grants Worldwide Mareva And Appoints Interim Receivers In Aid Of Enforcing Arbitral Awards

Hong Kong Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

會計及財務匯報局調查

會計及財務匯報局（Accounting and Financial Reporting Council, "AFRC"）是香港負責監管會計專業的法定機構，其職責在於維持高水平的財務報告並確保利益相關者的信心。

Hong Kong Accounting

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Haldanes

Two Recent Decisions On Enforcing Mainland Judgments In Hong Kong

Our Partner Simon Wong and Trainee Solicitor Raina D. have co-authored an article exploring recent developments in the enforcement of Mainland Chinese judgments in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Litigation

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ELLALAN

Substituted Service Of HK Judicial Documents In Mainland China

Given Hong Kong's status as a special administration region of China, there are in place special arrangements for the mutual service of judicial documents between the two jurisdictions.

Worldwide Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

HK Court Grants Worldwide Mareva And Appoints Interim Receivers In Aid Of Enforcing Arbitral Awards

In 周惠明 v 挪信新能源科技 ( 南通 ) 有限公司 [2025] HKCFI 1503, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ordered (a) that worldwide Mareva injunctions be continued...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Singapore Apex Court Recognises BVI As The COMI Of A BVI Registered Company – An Examination Of Article 16(3) Of The Model Law

Worldwide Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

A Contract Cannot Be Enforced If The Performance Of It Is Unlawful – What Does "Unlawful" Mean Though?

The well-established Ralli Bros principle is an exception to the general rule that the enforceability of a contract governed by English law is determined without reference to illegality under foreign law.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Harneys

Legal Update: Rights vs. Interests – English Decisions Not Followed In In Re Aoyuan Group Limited [2025] HKCFI 310

In the recent decision of Re Aoyuan Group Limited ("Aoyuan"), Harris J sanctioned the inter-linked and inter-conditional schemes of arrangement promulgated by Aoyuan...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

"Good Arguable Case" – Threshold For Granting Freezing Injunctions Clarified

In Dos Santos v Unitel SA, the English Court of Appeal clarified the threshold test of a "good arguable case" for granting worldwide freezing injunctions should be equivalent...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Harneys

Keepwell Deeds: A Workable Solution To PRC's Foreign Exchange Control? | Hong Kong

Keepwell deeds have emerged as a popular tool for credit enhancement in recent years, particularly in financing arrangements where an offshore debtor is tied to a PRC parent company.

Hong Kong Commercial

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Withers LLP

Legal Update: Compensation And Disqualification Order Granted Against A Company Officer Who Did Not Receive Misappropriated Funds

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

The Case For Recusal: A Summary On WSSA V SYH [2024] HKCA 735

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

A Year In Review – Top 5 Offshore Dispute Issues

Worldwide Commercial

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Appleby

Hong Kong Appeal Court Upholds Police Use Of "No Consent" Power

Hong Kong Litigation

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Baker & Partners

Removal Of A Director On An Ex Parte Basis: When Is Such Relief Appropriate?

Hong Kong Commercial

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Carey Olsen

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

Hong Kong Small Claims Tribunal Scale Of Costs For Minor Injury Claim

Hong Kong Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Hong Kong Court Of Final Appeal Validates 'No Consent Regime' To 'Freeze' Account

Hong Kong Litigation

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The Sovereign Group

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Considers The Enforceability Of Keepwell Deeds For The First Time

Hong Kong Litigation

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Appleby

Hong Kong Court Of Final Appeal Upholds Legality Of 'No Consent Regime

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Managing IP In Conflict Zones, An IP Lawyer Weighs In

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Rouse

Hong Kong Court Finds Exhibiting Documents Referring To Without Prejudice Correspondence May Amount To Waiver

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Take Another Look: Investigation As A Standalone Basis For A Just And Equitable Winding Up In The Cayman Islands

Worldwide Litigation

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Carey Olsen

Proofs Of Debt: Looking Behind A Default Judgment

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Harneys

Lessons From The Zhang Lan Offshore Trust

Hong Kong Commercial

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保障精神上無行為能力人士: 委任受託監管人的法律框架

Hong Kong Healthcare

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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

會計及財務匯報局調查

Hong Kong Accounting

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Haldanes

Hong Kong Court Lifts Stay Of Proceedings For Spent Arbitration Agreement

Hong Kong Litigation

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Stephenson Harwood

Arbitration — Stay — Arbitration Clause — Loan Agreement — Action For Dishonoured Cheque (T v W)

Hong Kong Litigation

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Stephenson Harwood

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