Hong Kong Civil and Commercial Litigation Yan Laweyrs represent client to conduct civil and commercial litigation in Hong Kong, such as shareholder dispute litigation, commercial trade litigation, loan and charge litigation, security and derivative products litigation, etc. We are experienced in the areas of Hong Kong civil and commercial litigation. Practice Areas: Civil and Commercial...Read More
Statement of Truth in Hong Kong litigaiton Function of a Statement of Truth in Hong Kong Legal System According to Order 41A of Rules of the High Court/ District Court and Practice Direction 19.3, a pleading in a civil litigation, a witness statement, an expert report and any other document in Hong Kong that requires...Read More
Email Hacking Fraud Litigation in Hong Kong Email Hacking Fraud case in Hong Kong Email Fraud litigation cases is not rare in the Hong Kong Courts. As a law firm focusing on cross-border legal matters, we have handled different kinds of fraud cases, such as financial fraud, trading fraud and other kinds of fraud cases...Read More
What is Norwich Pharmacal Order? Norwich Pharmacal Order (Third Party Disclosure Order) is a common law legal remedy that is commonly used in the recovery of fraudulent funds, trademark patent infringement or other tort cases. Taking the recovery of defrauded funds as an example, in various e-mail fraud, financial fraud, investment scam and other cases...Read More
Enforcement of Mainland Judgments in Hong Kong: An Overview of Common Law Enforcement Methods As a Hong Kong law firm that handles Mainland-Hong Kong litigation, we have handled many cases for enforcement of Mainland judgments in Hong Kong. The most commonly used method for enforcing a Mainland judgment in Hong Kong is through the common...Read More
Recover Assets in Loco London Gold Fraud in Hong Kong In receent years, Loco London Grold Fraud case happens often in Hong Kong. Many potential investors are induced by mispresentation and false promise of high return to invest in so-call Loco London Gold or other precious metal, which later proves to be frauds. Victims locate...Read More
What is Without Prejudice Correspondence? The nature and application of without prejudice correspondences are by no means strange to lawyers in common law jurisdictions. Without prejudice communication is a branch of the law of evidence. Its primary purpose is to facilitate settlements in civil proceedings. Inadmissibility of Without Prejudice Documents Therefore, if a party to...Read More
Application of Hong Kong Law Is No Panacea In the ever increasing commercial intercourses between Hong Kong and the Mainland China, many of the related agreements are governed by Hong Kong law instead of the PRC law, despite that quite a lot of such agreements are largely performed in the Mainland China. The reasons for this...Read More
Many people regard “sorry” as the hardest word to say, yet it has been proven to be effective in helping settle disputes. Yet, overcoming the emotional barrier to utter the word is one thing, and getting around of the legal consequence is another. Fortunately, in Hong Kong, the Apology Bill was enacted on 13 July...Read More
With the governments of Hong Kong and Australia kicking off the negotiations for a free trade agreement in April 2017, which aims at further strengthening the already vibrant trades between the two regions, trading volume is bound to explode following conclusion of the bilateral treaty. With the explosion in trades also, unfortunately, will come the...Read More
Hong Kong litigation lawyers- Security for costs As a Hong Kong litigation lawyer, we often need to expain to explain to a client what is meant by security for costs. When the client is a non-Hong Kong resident or company which is a plaintiff in a lawsuit, one of the problems immediately arises after filing...Read More
Legal Costs in Hong Kong Litigation As a litigation solicitor in Hong Kong, when taking a new litigation case, I need to explain to the client in details what kind of expenses are to be expected as well as the calculation method. In the following passage, I will introduce to you the expenses that will...Read More
Hong Kong Litigation Lawyers: Enforcement of Mainland Judgment in Hong Kong As a lawyer dealing with cross border legal matters, I often encounter clients seeking consultation on or engaging us on the matters of enforcement of Mainland Judgment in Hong Kong. The common scenario is the Plaintiff, because of the convenience and swiftness, firstly litigates...Read More
This article will provide a brief introduction of the litigation lawyers including the solicitor and barrister in Hong Kong legal system. Barrister, a Stream of the Litigation Lawyer in Hong Kong Barrister is one of two streams of lawyers (the other is solicitor) under Hong Kong legal system. Barrister have right of audience to attend...Read More
