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Hong Kong To Establish International Commercial Court

New specialist division of High Court for major cross-border and international commercial disputes expected to launch within coming year.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Reinforces Strict Approach To Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses

The Hong Kong Court in New Delta Trading Co., Ltd. v South China Development (H.K.) Limited [2026] HKCFI 2125 has reaffirmed its pro-enforcement stance on exclusive jurisdiction clauses in favour of non-Hong Kong courts.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Rejects Infra Petita Challenge To HKIAC Award

Appellate bench endorses first instance decision of Mimmie Chan J rejecting application to set aside award on basis of alleged egregious procedural error and breach of public policy.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Rules That Hearing Of Award Challenge Can Be Conditional On Compliance With Prior Anti-suit Injunction

Allegation that HKIAC award was tainted by bias and contrary to public policy did not prevent court from granting "Hadkinson" order halting set-aside application unless and until breach of anti-suit injunction cured.

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Face Value Is Not Real Value: Hong Kong Court Sets Aside Paper Claim Swap And Endorses Liquidators’ Multi-track Recovery

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Of Final Appeal Clarifies The Approach For Foreign Illegality Defence In Unjust Enrichment Claims

Hong Kong Litigation

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Fangda Partners

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

Hong Kong Family

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Withers LLP

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

Hong Kong Commercial

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KPMG

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

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)

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

CRS2.0制度评析——金融资产扩围、离岸架构穿透与全球税收透明新范式

Hong Kong Technology

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Beijing Jincheng Tongda & Neal Law Firm

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Rules That Hearing Of Award Challenge Can Be Conditional On Compliance With Prior Anti-suit Injunction

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Court Clarifies Treatment Of Commission And Profit‑share Payments As “wages”

Hong Kong Employment

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong’s Company Re-domiciliation Regime – One Year On

Hong Kong Commercial

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The Sovereign Group

Hong Kong Court Of Appeal Rejects Infra Petita Challenge To HKIAC Award

Hong Kong Litigation

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

In the recent decision of CNG v G & Ors [2025] HKCFI 3598, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance upheld an arbitral award, dismissing an unusual application to set it aside.

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

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

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

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

Understanding Costs In Children's Proceedings – A Recent Judgment

Earlier this month, we published an article on Hague and non-Hague principles applicable to the Court's determining whether to return a child to his home country.

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

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

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

In Re Fullerton Capital Limited (in liquidation) [2025] SGCA 11, the Singapore Court of Appeal has affirmed the importance of a debtor's registered office (in this case in the BVI) as its centre of main interests ("COMI").

Worldwide Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

Power To The Liquidators: Recent Decisions From Singapore And Hong Kong And Their Impact On Offshore Liquidations

In today's interconnected global economy, it is paramount for systems to be in place to address the complexities associated with insolvency processes spanning multiple jurisdictions.

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Carey Olsen

Hong Kong Court Makes Security For Costs Order Against Mainland Parties With No Assets In Hong Kong

In Y and Another v GI and Another [2025] HKCFI 1317, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ("Court") allowed the defendant's application for security for costs against the plaintiffs...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Must A Foreign Judgment Be Registered Before Being Relied On As A Petitioning Debt?

Hong Kong Insolvency

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Tanner De Witt

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

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

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

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

Hong Kong Litigation

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Tanner De Witt

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

Hong Kong Litigation

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Harneys

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

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

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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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IndiaLaw LLP

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AK & Partners

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