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Mayer Brown
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan delivered the 2024-2025 Budget on 28 February 2024. This Legal Update highlights a few aspects relevant to the real estate industry.
Mayer Brown
Hong Kong has been struck by typhoons and heavy rainstorms before, but never by both within the space of two short weeks, nor with such severity.
Mayer Brown
With general purpose leases of about 2,400 lots expiring from June 2025 to 29 June 2047and about 300,000 lots expiring concurrently on 30 June 20471 the Hong Kong SAR...
Mayer Brown
This Legal Update outlines a recent Hong Kong Court of First Instance (HKCFI) decision regarding powers of the Land Registrar to withhold registration of instruments.
Mayer Brown
This Legal Update outlines a recent Hong Kong Court of Appeal (HKCA) decision regarding the maxim ex turpi causa non oritur action – the illegality doctrine, meaning no action arises...
Mayer Brown
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has, In the recent case of Smart Edge Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed) v. HG Property Investment HK Limited, held that an agreement...
Mayer Brown
One of the sources in obtaining land for development in Hong Kong is through acquisition of old buildings. If for any reason the developer is unable to acquire 100% interests in the lot...
Mayer Brown
In the 2023/24 Budget, the Hong Kong government proposes to adjust the value bands of the Scale 2 rates of the ad valorem stamp duty (AVD) payable for sale and purchase or transfer of both residential...
Withers LLP
The Hong Kong national security law was passed on 30 June 2020 with the purpose of safeguarding national security and preventing, suppressing and imposing punishment...
Mayer Brown
Tackling land shortage in Hong Kong has always been a top priority on the government's agenda, with numerous strategies deployed to increase land supply.
FTI Consulting
It's been almost a year since the world's largest property developer made global headlines on its default which triggered a number of other major developers to follow in its path.
Mayer Brown
The Temporary Protection Measures for Business Tenants (COVID-19 Pandemic) Ordinance (Cap. 644) (the Ordinance) came into effect on 1 May 2022.
Mayer Brown
Hong Kong's Legislative Council passed the Temporary Protection Measures for Business Tenants (COVID-19 Pandemic) Ordinance (Cap.644) (the Ordinance) on 28 April 2022...
Mayer Brown
As part of the government's relief measures in response to the fifth wave of COVID-19 outbreak in Hong Kong, the Development Bureau announced on 14 March 2022 that extensions to the building covenant period for up to six months ...
Withers LLP
Hong Kong's economy has experienced its fair share of shifts in recent years, as the city continues to be clouded by the pandemic situation.
Mayer Brown
The Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, Paul Chan, announced his 2022-2023 budget (the "Budget") on 23 February 2022 with an immense focus on initiatives relieving peoples' hardship...
Mayer Brown
Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal confirmed in a recent appeal ruling that an assignment of sale proceeds of an immovable property did not create any interest in land.
Mayer Brown
Part IVA of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 7) came into effect on 22 January 2022, imposing regulations on tenancy of a subdivided unit which is commonly known as "劏房" in Chinese.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
What is the allocation of responsibility for damage and defects after the expiry of a tenancy The dispute in So Hon Ming Francis v Cheung Lau Shau Chun and Another ([2021] HKDC 1494...
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