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Overview Of Five Recent Arbitration Cases

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HK Court Relies On Deemed Service Clause To Dismiss A Setting-Aside Application To Enforce An Arbitral Award

In CC v AC [2025] HKCFI 855 (Date of Decision: 27 February 2025), the Hong Kong Court of First Instance ("Court") dismissed an application...

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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")...

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Legal Update – Launch Of The Immigration Facilitation Scheme For Persons Participating In Arbitral Proceedings

On 1 March 2025, the Hong Kong Government will launch the refined Immigration Facilitation Scheme for Persons Participating in Arbitral Proceedings ("Scheme").

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Director Stand-off: Does A Director Have Standing To Bring Proceedings Alleging A Breach Of Company's Articles?

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Government Issues Model Adjudication Documents

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

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

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The Role Of International Arbitration In Voluntary Carbon Market Disputes

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Insolvency And Arbitration: A Landmark Judgment In Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16

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

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

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

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

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Second Agreement Concerning Amendment To CEPA Agreement On Trade In Services To Be Implemented On 1 March 2025

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Legal Update : Concord Music Group v Anthropic – Is It Really A Victory For AI Firms?

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Second Agreement Concerning Amendment To CEPA Agreement On Trade In Services To Be Implemented On 1 March 2025

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Overview Of Five Recent Arbitration Cases

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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

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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...

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

On 3 April 2024, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) (the highest court in Hong Kong) handed down its judgment in HKSAR v Hui Lai Ki [2024] HKCFA 7 clarifying the correct approach to be adopted...

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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

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

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales ("EWCA") recently handed down its decision in Servis-Terminal LLC v Valeriy Ernestovich Drelle...

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

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

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Arbitrability – Stay Of Proceedings In Favour Of Arbitration Falcon Insurance v Bing Lee [2023] HKCFI 1129

A dispute arose in respect of proceedings initiated by an insurer (the plaintiff) seeking a declaration of non-liability.

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Factors In Deciding Damages For "Injury To Feelings" In Discrimination Cases

Under express statutory provisions in each of the anti-discrimination ordinances of Hong Kong, a successful claimant may be awarded damages for "injury to feelings" in addition to other remedies.

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

In a recent decision in Wong Sin Yi v. Kwan Pui Wing and The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (DCPI 408/2023) made by Hong Kong District Court Personal Injury Master Jo Siu...

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Section 25 Employees' Compensation Recovery Claims

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Hong Kong Safety Snapshots – Confirmation Of Limits On Statutory Compensation For Internal Injuries

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Plaintiffs With Claims History And Their Solicitors Beware! – Analysis Of Faisal v Ocean Park Corporation

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Hong Kong Safety Snapshots: Are Employees Entitled To Statutory Compensation For Work-related Stress?

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Can You Sue In Hong Kong If Personal Data Has Been Stolen? Lessons From Warren v DSG Retail Ltd

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Hong Kong Court Dismisses Work Injury Claim Over Failure To Accurately Declare Health Condition

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