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Thomas Kwok, chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Rafael Hui Si-yan, former Government number two, and two businessmen have been found guilty and sentenced to jail terms in Hong Kong’s HK$34 million (US$4.3 million) graft “trial of the century”. The convictions arise out of charges for eight offences, including misconduct in public office at common law, conspiracy to … Read more
The Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014—Ordinance No. 19 of 2014 came into force on 12 December 2014. The amended ordinance can be found here. The amended Ordinance provides that it is unlawful for anyone to sexually harass a woman who provides, or will provide, goods, facilities or services. The amended Ordinance also limits its jurisdictional … Read more
The Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) was officially launched on 5 November 2014. Set up following the recommendations of a Working Group chaired by Edwin Glasgow CBE QC and George Lim SC, the SIMC will supplement the array of international dispute resolution options available in Singapore. In particular, the SIMC will work closely with the … Read more
Dispute Boards are a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) which are becoming increasingly common on large and complex projects across the Asia Pacific region. A Dispute Board usually comprises 3 persons, one appointed by each party with a neutral chairperson. The Dispute Board is typically appointed at the start of a project and is … Read more
New EU rules on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments will apply to proceedings commenced from 10 January 2015, in the form of the recast Brussels Regulation (Regulation (EU) 1215/2012). Herbert Smith Freehills has published a client guide to the English court’s jurisdiction under the recast Brussels Regulation. It features a decision tree, which is … Read more
A recent Hong Kong case has highlighted the important point that the Labour Tribunal’s exclusive jurisdiction does not extend to dealing with matters which arise outside of an employee’s contract of employment and beyond the scope of the Employment Ordinance. In Lee Man Yee Norman v International Contractors Supply Limited, the Court of First Instance … Read more
In JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank and Another v Sergei Viktorovich Pugachev and Others [2014] EWHC 3547 (Ch), the English High Court upheld a disclosure order against one of the beneficiaries of discretionary trusts (granted as part of a worldwide freezing order against him) in order to identify the true extent of his control of the … Read more
The Court of Final Appeal has, again, reminded us in the recent high profile case of Secretary for Justice v Florence Tsang & others that legal professional privilege is an absolute right that is constitutionally enshrined. As noted in Akai Holdings Ltd v Ernst & Young (a Hong Kong firm), which was applied in this case, Article … Read more
On 5 November, the Singapore International Mediation Institute (SIMI) was officially launched by Singapore’s Senior Minister for Law and Education, who described mediation as the “third jewel” in the crown of Singapore’s legal services landscape, alongside arbitration and international litigation. Read more
