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Adelaide, 10 January 2024: The TARDIS, any science fiction fan will tell you, is the time machine in the long-running TV series Dr Who which enables the eponymous hero to flit between centuries while carrying out good deeds. Outwardly small – it is disguised as a police box, an obsolete type of telephone kiosk once […]
Hong Kong, 8 January 2024: In this episode of Law & More, we are pleased to welcome globe-trotting corporate lawyer Ramesh Vaidyanathan. In a wide-ranging discussion, Ramesh talks about practising law in his native India and the country’s growing status as a world economic power. He also provides an insight into his role as President […]
Hong Kong, 4 January 2024: Congratulations from all at BC&C to our Consultant Michael Jackson on his appointment by Chief Executive John Lee as a member of the Law Reform Commission (LRC) for a three-year term. Michael, currently Head of the Department of Law at the University of Hong Kong, has been consulting for BC&C […]
By Alex Liu Hong Kong, 2 January 2024: Listed companies have been reminded of the importance of having written guidelines and internal control policies concerning the disclosure of inside information following a significant ruling by the Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT). The disciplinary body has sanctioned Mayer Holdings Limited and nine of its former senior executives […]
By Claire Chow Hong Kong, 29 December 2023: Organisations have been reminded by the Privacy Commissioner to implement robust data protection measures after popular online marketplace Carousell suffered a “serious” leak of users’ personal information in January last year. After investigating the incident, Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has published a report which includes a list […]
Hong Kong, 19 December 2023: Employers’ obligations and the rights of employees were discussed in detail when our Partner Jeffrey Chan and Consultant Teresa Leung gave a presentation on work-related accidents to a group of engineering professionals. The BC&C duo highlighted key provisions of the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance (Cap 282) with a focus on what […]
Hong Kong, 18 December 2023: A Judiciary initiative to begin live streaming of court proceedings early next year will be “very limited” in its scope and will not involve juries or witnesses, Colin Cohen has told radio listeners. Speaking on RTHK Radio 3’s Backchat, he commented: “Open justice is a fundamental characteristic of our legal […]
Hong Kong, 13 December 2023: “Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble, Grubb!” So went the fire brigade roll-call in the classic children’s TV series, Trumpton. In each episode, they would answer an emergency – recovering the mayor’s hat from a tree, unblocking the movement of the town clock, and so forth – amid scenes of […]
Hong Kong, 11 December 2023: We were delighted to welcome a delegation of senior lawyers from Jiangsu province in China as part of their visit to Hong Kong to learn more about the city’s legal system. The group came to our offices for a talk on common law litigation and attended the High Court. “The […]
By Alex Liu Hong Kong, 8 December 2023: In an unprecedented move, the Competition Commission has accused real estate agency Midland and five of its executives of conspiring with arch-rival Centaline to fix sales commissions. The antitrust watchdog says the agreement ultimately affected the prices that buyers paid for their properties and, as such, amounted […]
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Hong Kong, 19 November 2025: Acclaimed financial crime specialist Ian Winter KC kept a large audience enthralled in delivering the seventh annual HKU-Boase Cohen & Collins Criminal Law Lecture. His talk – entitled “Conspiracy to Defraud: Deceased or Only Wounded?” – offered a forensic analysis of how the offence has evolved over many centuries of […]
By Alex Liu and John Zhou Hong Kong, 28 October 2025: In a landmark judgment, the Court of Final Appeal has provided clarity over the cross-border transfer of working papers for litigation, specifically the jurisdiction of a Hong Kong court to issue a letter of request (“LOR”) to an overseas court to obtain documents to […]
Hong Kong, 22 October 2025: In this episode, we meet former judge Bebe Chu, a leading authority in the field of family law. Bebe reflects on her upbringing in Hong Kong, early days as a solicitor and her subsequent career in the Judiciary, where she was eventually appointed as Judge with Special Responsibilities for Family […]
Hong Kong, 15 October 2025: “When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high … ” So begins the Liverpool football anthem You’ll Never Walk Alone, which is sure to be ringing in our ears when brother Ian and I attend the club’s Champions League fixture against glamorous visitors Real Madrid early next […]
Hong Kong, 13 October 2025: Our Senior Partner Colin Cohen was honoured to be part of a three-strong decision panel in a Sports Arbitration Demonstration that attracted a full house at Hong Kong Baptist University. The mock hearing centred on a row between two squash players at a world championship tournament and was designed to […]
