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A New Era: Navigating The Courts (Remote Hearing) Ordinance (Cap. 645)

In February 2025, we published an article on the gazette of The Courts (Remote Hearing) Bill: https://hauzen.hk/remote-hearings-set-to-increase-in-hong-kong. This has now evolved into a concrete legal framework.

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Hauzen

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

The Hong Kong Court of Appeal maintains a strict stance on accepting fresh evidence during appeals, applying the Ladd v Marshall test (see our previous blog post here).

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

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

In RZ3262019 Limited (in Liquidation) v Zhou Ying Investments Group Limited and others [2025] HKCFI 4350, the Hong Kong Court considered key issues concerning...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Letting Other People Use Your Bank Account Could Put You In Jail

In the recent case of HKSAR v 徐美儀 [2025] HKDC 1597, the defendant was convicted on two counts of conspiracy to deal with property known or believed to represent the proceeds of an indictable offence.

Hong Kong Criminal

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ONC Lawyers

Frail Mind, Flawed Will?

Hong Kong Family

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ONC Lawyers

HK Court Refuses Borrower's Challenge To Enforcement Of Arbitral Award In Favour Of Moneylender

Hong Kong Litigation

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Norwich Pharmacal Orders

Hong Kong Litigation

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Timothy Loh LLP

Revisiting Vesting Orders In Internet Scam Cases

Hong Kong Criminal

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind? Managing Misconduct In 'Satellite Offices'

Hong Kong Commercial

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Ius Laboris

Directors Guilty Of Fraudulent Trading

Hong Kong Criminal

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Tanner De Witt

Hong Kong Authorities Intensify Crackdown On White-collar Crime And Market Misconduct

Hong Kong Criminal

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A&O Shearman

Failure To Prevent Fraud: What's The Current Status And What Should Organisations Be Doing Now?

Hong Kong Criminal

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Norton Rose Fulbright Hong Kong

Launch Of The Banking Industry Integrity Charter In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Trustee's Duty And Anti-Bartlett Clauses – The Ivanishvilli Redux

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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Conyers

Balancing Access And Protection: Monetary Authority Of Singapore's Proposed Regulatory Framework For Retail Private Market Investment Funds

Hong Kong Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Macau Plans Ad Rules Shake Up, Targeting Gambling And Influencer Marketing

Hong Kong Media & IT

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Haldanes

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

Hong Kong Litigation

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Hauzen

2025 Global Family Office Compensation Benchmark Report

Hong Kong Wealth Mgt

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KPMG

Concealing Secret Agreement To Acquire A Listed Company Was A Defraud

Hong Kong Commercial

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ONC Lawyers

Cybercrime – Upstream Anticipation By The Hong Kong Police

Cybercrime is indeed becoming indeed a rampant and formless cloud over the worldwide Web and by extension of course into all social media platforms.

Hong Kong Technology

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Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)

Fighting Digital Fraud With Enhanced Approaches In Hong Kong

Responding to a significant increase in digital fraud-related banking complaints, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) issued a circular on enhanced approaches to combat digital fraud on 12 October 2023.

Hong Kong Finance

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Mayer Brown

Anti Money Laundering Comparative Guide

Anti Money Laundering Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Hong Kong, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Hong Kong Government

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Mayer Brown

The Hong Kong Court Affirms That Victims Of Fraud's Concerns Over Dissipation Of Assets In Mareva Injunction Is Justified Notwithstanding LNCs In Place

Following the Hong Kong Court of Appeal's decision in Tam Sze Leung & Ors v Commissioner of Police [2023] HKCA 537 (discussed in our previous blog post here), the constitutionality...

Hong Kong Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Attention All Auditors – The Hong Kong AFRC And The SFC Join Forces To Fight Listed Groups Channelling Funds To Third Parties In Dubious Circumstances

Hong Kong Commercial

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

How will Hong Kong's proposed new virtual asset licensing regime affect the industry?

Hong Kong Finance

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Timothy Loh LLP

‘No Consent' Procedure Confirmed Lawful By Hong Kong Court Of Appeal

Hong Kong Litigation

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Mayer Brown

Hong Kong Monetary Authority Issued Two Circulars To Authorized Institutions Regarding Payment Cards

Hong Kong Technology

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Mayer Brown

The Top Ten Asia-Pacific FCPA Enforcement Actions Of 2022

Worldwide Criminal

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Steptoe LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills Successfully Strike Out A HK$3 Billion Fraudulent Trading Claim Commenced Against An IPO Sponsor In Breach Of Mandatory Procedural Rules

Hong Kong Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills Secures Further Victory In Hong Kong's Court Of Appeal For Bank In Defending Liquidator Claim For Fraud

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

End Of The "No Consent Regime"? Implications For Cyber Fraud Victims And Financial Institutions

Hong Kong Criminal

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Charles Russell Speechlys

Vesting Orders Are Back In Vogue – Hong Kong Court Of First Instance Confirms Ability To Help Victims Of Cyber Fraud

Hong Kong Litigation

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Hogan Lovells

End Of An Era? Hong Kong Court Finds Letters Of No Consent Unconstitutional

Hong Kong Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Herbert Smith Freehills Secures Further Victory In Hong Kong's Court Of Appeal For Bank In Defending Liquidator Claim For Fraud

Last week, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal refused to grant liquidators of Galleria Limited, a Hong Kong company, leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal in relation to their action against one...

Hong Kong Litigation

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

End Of The "No Consent Regime"? Implications For Cyber Fraud Victims And Financial Institutions

In Tam Sze Leung & Ors v Commissioner of Police [2021] HKCFI 3118, the Court of First Instance held that the Hong Kong Police's practice of issuing "Letters of No Consent" ("LNCs") to banks and financial institutions...

Hong Kong Criminal

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Charles Russell Speechlys

Vesting Orders Are Back In Vogue – Hong Kong Court Of First Instance Confirms Ability To Help Victims Of Cyber Fraud

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has ruled twice in recent weeks that it does have the jurisdiction to grant a vesting order under section 52(1)(3) Trustee Ordinance (Cap.29).

Hong Kong Litigation

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Hogan Lovells

End Of An Era? Hong Kong Court Finds Letters Of No Consent Unconstitutional

In Tam Sze Leung & Ors v Commissioner of Police [2021] HKCFI 3118, a judicial review case, the Court of First Instance found the longstanding practice of the Hong Kong Police in effecting an ...

Hong Kong Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Court Of First Instance Rejects Police's Informal Freezing Powers Via Letters Of No Consent

Hong Kong Litigation

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Cyber fraud: Assessing options for asset recovery

Common asset recovery options for victims of cyber fraud, when the funds were sent to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Criminal

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Timothy Loh LLP

Recent Hong Kong Court Decision On A Bank's Liability On Its Employee's Fraudulent Conducts

What happens when a Bank's customer loses money due to a fraud perpetrated by an employee of the Bank? What, if any, remedies does the defrauded customer

Hong Kong Finance

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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Be Ready For More Corporate Governance Measures In Hong Kong By 1 January 2022

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "Exchange") recently published a consultation paper outlining various proposed amendments to the Corporate Governance Code and Corporate Governance Report...

Hong Kong Commercial

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Mayer Brown

How To Recognise And Avoid Email Scams (Video)

In this video, Senior Associate Felda Yeung from dispute resolution law firm Gall explores what an email scam is, tips to prevent them and what to do if you are a victim of fraud.

Hong Kong Criminal

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Gall

Everything You Need To Know About Dealing With A Dawn Raid

Hong Kong Commercial

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Gall

D&O Insurance In Hong Kong: What To Know In The Event Of SFC Enforcement Action

Hong Kong Commercial

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Timothy Loh LLP

Guide To SFC Enforcement Action: From SFC Investigation Notice To Disciplinary Action, Prosecution & Appeal

Hong Kong Commercial

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Timothy Loh LLP

SFO, S. 300: Fraudulent & Deceptive Conduct Provisions To Combat Insider Dealing And Other Misconduct

Hong Kong Criminal

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Timothy Loh LLP

Market Misconduct Tribunal: A Guide To Penalties And Other Consequences For Misuse Of Insider Information

Hong Kong Commercial

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Timothy Loh LLP

Agents, Brokers And Intermediaries Beware: When Is It Not A Crime To Receive Commissions And Rebates After You Have Helped Someone?

Hong Kong Criminal

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ONC Lawyers

Email Fraud Cases: How Best To Recover The Scammed Funds

Hong Kong Criminal

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ONC Lawyers

Cyber Fraud And Recovery In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Criminal

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Hill Dickinson

A Checklist To Recovering Monies Transferred As A Result Of Email Wire Fraud

Hong Kong Criminal

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Timothy Loh LLP

Don't Panic, Stay Calm: Legal Strategies For Addressing Coronavirus Phishing Scams In Hong Kong

Hong Kong Technology

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Mayer Brown

Hong Kong - Global Bribery Offenses Guide

Hong Kong Criminal

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DLA Piper UK LLP

Corporations Need To Remain Vigilant Amidst The Rise Of Cyberattacks And Cyberfrauds

Worldwide Technology

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DLA Piper UK LLP

FATF-APG's Mutual Evaluation Of Hong Kong's AML/CFT Regime: Key Takeaways For The Financial Services Sector

Hong Kong Government

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Mayer Brown

FATF And APG Publish Long-Awaited Mutual Evaluation Report On Hong Kong

Hong Kong Criminal

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Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Hong Kong Criminal

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DLA Piper UK LLP

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FTI Consulting

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IndiaLaw LLP

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Alvarez & Marsal

Behind The Numbers: Unmasking Frauds & Finding Real Growth (Video)

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Corporate Professionals

Rupinder Malik | White Collar Crimes In India – Key Developments And Enforcement Priorities (Video)

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JSA

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