A landmark decision of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) has upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal (discussed here) that the Hong Kong Director of Immigration's policy of refusing to grant dependant visas to same sex… Read more

Amendments to the Employment Ordinance ("EO") which strengthen the Labour Tribunal's ("LT") powers to make an order for reinstatement or re-engagement where an employee has been unreasonably and unlawfully dismissed have been passed and are to take effect from 19… Read more

We discussed aspects of "Wrotham Park damages" (also called "license fee damages" or "negotiating damages") in Herbert Smith Freehills Hong Kong office's recent Contract Disputes Seminar "Getting your just deserts: remedies for breach of contract". To recap, in some cases… Read more