LATEST EDITION OF ASIA PACIFIC DISPUTE RESOLUTION GUIDE NOW AVAILABLE

26 January, 2021
Disruption, downturn and recovery tend to generate more disputes – and in Asia Pacific cross-jurisdiction operations and investments increase that risk. Our 2021 Guide to Dispute Resolution in Asia Pacific is your roadmap to potential problems in these fast-changing times, especially for those new to the region’s complex legal landscape. From the basics of each … Read more

Hong Kong court allows witness testimony by video conferencing amid COVID-19

31 August, 2020
The Hong Kong High Court (the “Court”) allowed an urgent application by the defendant for him and his wife to give evidence in trial by videoconference (“VCF”) (the “Application”) in the recent case of Au Yeung Pui Chun v Cheng Wing Sang [2020] HKCFI 2101 (handed down on 10 August 2020). The Application was brought … Read more

Litigation in Mainland China under New Evidence Rules: Your 50 questions

01 May, 2020
The Supreme Court of People’s Republic of China (SPC) formally promulgated the amended version of Several Provisions of the SPC on Evidence for Civil Litigation (New Evidence Rules) on 25 December 2019, which comes into effect today, 1 May 2020. The New Evidence Rules together with Chapter VI of the Civil Procedure Law of the … Read more

One step closer – English Court of Appeal aligns itself with other common law jurisdictions to find legal advice privilege subject to a “dominant purpose” test

18 February, 2020
Clients and legal practitioners often come across a fairly common question during the course of discovery/disclosure in litigation or arbitration: is the document privileged? Legal professional privilege is a fundamental and constitutionally guaranteed right in Hong Kong and, generally speaking, can be split into two branches: litigation privilege and legal advice privilege.  Legal advice privilege … Read more