Enforcing Mainland Court Judgements in Hong Kong – Q&A General Questions on Enforcement of Mainland Court Judgments in Hong Kong 1. Can a valid judgement issued by a Mainland court be applied for enforcement in Hong Kong? Most of the effective judgements in civil and commercial matters issued by Mainland courts can be applied for...Read More

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

Asset Recovery in Hong Kong Fraud Cases: Q&A – What are the most common types of fraud in Hong Kong? Common types of frauds in Hong Kong include email frauds, telephone frauds, CEO frauds, fake investment platform frauds, London gold frauds, loan frauds, etc. – What does a victim do immediately after being scammed? After...Read More

Hong Kong Arbitration and Enforcement of Arbitral Award Yan Lawyers represent clients in international arbitrations in Hong Kong. We act as the parties’ legal presentative and hearing counsel in arbitrtion cases in Hong Kong. We have experience of conducting arbitration proceedings with institutional arbitration centers such as HKIAC, CIAETC , ICC. Our lawyers are experienced...Read More

Enforcement of Mainland Judgments in Hong Kong The firm represents clients in applying for enforcement in Hong Kong of debts arising from court judgements in the Mainland of China and elsewhere, including enforcement through the methods provided for in the bilateral judicial agreements between the Mainland and Hong Kong, as well as through the means...Read More

Fraud Assets Recovery Litigation in Hong Kong Yan Lawyers represent client to recover assets by civil litigation in various fraud cases. Our works usually include advising victims on recovery of assets, take civil litigaiton to pursure recovery, application for injunction order to freeze recipient’s bank account, commnication with Police and apply for disclosure order to...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

Litigation and Arbitration in Hong Kong Our law firm represents clients in commercial litigation and international arbitration cases in Hong Kong. We have extensive experience in handling commercial litigation and international arbitration in Hong Kong, including: Hong Kong commercial litigation, including trade litigation, shareholder litigation, financing loan litigation, etc.; Hong Kong fraud litigation, including email...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

How to Enforce Mainland China Arbitral Award in Hong Kong? As a Hong Kong Arbitration lawyer, we deal with a lot of cases about application for enforcement of Mainland Arbitration Awards in Hong Kong. This Article will introduce briefly about the practice of enforcing Mainland Arbitration Awards in Hong Kong.  After Hong Kong reunification, the...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

Bonds Default: Winding-up as a Way of Recourse? Background Information: Capital Investment Entrant Scheme Before the Hong Kong Immigration Department stopped the Capital Investment Entrant Scheme (“Scheme”) on 25th January 2015, many investment immigration applicants bought private placed bonds from some Hong Kong listed companies upon the recommendation of their immigration consultants. The Scheme has...Read More