Civil Litigation in Hong Kong: Tracing, Freezing and Recovering Cryptocurrency in Fraud Case ? As legal practitioners practising in the area of fraud assets recovery in Hong Kong, we find that in recent days it often happens that the victims of the frauds were decepted to transfer cryptocurrency assets to accounts designted by the scammers....Read More
Recovery of Fraud Assets in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Litigation, Enforcement in China Beneficiary Bank Account Holders in Hong Kong Telecommunications Fraud Cases In a large number of civil litigation cases of Hong Kong cyber fraud handled by our firm, obtaining the identity of the holder of the recipient bank account who received the fraudulent...Read More
Dispute over Control of Hong Kong Companies: Litigation on the Removal of Documents Registered with the Companies Registry Introduction: Disputes over Control of Hong Kong Companies and Removal of Company Registration Documents When the control of a company is disputed among the insiders of the company, a situation often arises where one party to the...Read More
Stay of Civil Proceedings Pending the Outcome of Another Action: Principles for the Use of the Court’s Discretion Based on Case Management In civil proceedings in Hong Kong, it is not uncommon for a party to apply to the court for a temporary stay of civil proceedings pending the outcome of another civil action or...Read More
Hong Kong Civil Litigation: How to challenge the authenticity of documentary evidence? As a lawyer who has been engaged in Hong Kong civil litigation and Mainland-Hong Kong cross-border civil litigation for a long period of time, it is common for one party to challenge the authenticity of documents produced by the other party in civil...Read More
Hong Kong Divorce Litigation for Property Settlement and Alimony: Adoption of the Losing Party’s Fee Principle for Solicitor’s Fees In Hong Kong divorce proceedings for division of property and maintenance, is the principle of the losing party paying the winning party’s legal costs applicable to the final legal costs in civil litigation cases in general?...Read More
The Application of the Principle of Illegality in Cross-Border Currency Exchange Litigation in Hong Kong In civil proceedings in Hong Kong, it is often the case that a party claims that a contract or its performance involves a breach of Mainland law (the most common being cross-border currency exchange in breach of the Regulations of...Read More
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
Civil Procedure in Hong Kong: An Overview Hong Kong civil procedure involves many aspects and is relatively complex. This article provides an introduction to the main aspects of Hong Kong’s civil procedure. It is not intended to be complete or exhaustive but is intended to give the reader an overview of the main aspects of...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
Third Party Evidence Discovery by Norwich Parmacal Order in Hong Kong Litigation 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...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
Cross-Border Litigation Lawyer: Mainland-Hong Kong Court Sessions Before I came to Hong Kong to study and practise as a Hong Kong lawyer, I had been practising civil and commercial litigation in the Mainland for many years, and had held court sessions in the high courts, intermediate courts, basic people’s courts and tribunals of many places...Read More
Recover Assets in Loco London Gold Fraud in Hong Kong In recent years, Loco London Gold 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
Mareva Injunction – Pulse Bombs in Civil Litigation in Hong Kong In the modern military, the role and power of pulse bombs is beyond doubt. It can instantly paralyse an enemy’s electronic equipment and render them incapable of combat. In common law jurisdictions, a Mareva Injunction is similar to a Pulse Bomb in that it...Read More
Without Prejudice Letter – A Shield As Well As A Sword In Settlement Negotiation 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...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
