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A second bite at the litigation cherry: "collateral attack"

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Hong Kong
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  • December 16 2010

A party cannot seek to re-litigate something which has already been decided

'Crew negligence' and 'crew incompetence': their distinction and its consequence

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • October 20 2010

This article deals with the distinction between crew negligence and crew incompetence, which is of crucial importance within the context of marine cargo and insurance claims

Directors' use of corporate or charter aircraft to attend meetings

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 11 2011

This is the third in a series of client alerts focusing on practical solutions to deal with real-life issues facing General Counsel and Corporate Secretaries

Sexual harassment in the workplace

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • China, Hong Kong
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  • November 18 2010

There have been cases where doctors have been sued for sexual harassment of their colleagues in the workplace

Employees’ compensation claim for being rostered on-call on a statutory holiday or on a rest day

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • November 18 2010

Doctors have been dedicated to serving the Hong Kong community well, particularly at times when there were a great shortage of doctors

Minimum wage ordinance ("ordinance") - are you ready?

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • December 1 2010

The Minimum Wage Bill was passed by the Legislative Council on 17 July 2010 and was gazetted on 23 July 2010

Minutes - 'less is more' or 'more is more'?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • December 10 2010

Last month, we focused on how to analyze whether a matter needs to go to the Board

Recent decision - a claim for a right to extend employment beyond the contractually agreed retirement age

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • December 1 2010

The plaintiff employee was a former commercial airline pilot of the defendant employer Cathay Pacific and was retired on his birthday in accordance with the employer’s Conditions of Service 1999, which provided that “the normal retirement age is 55”

Recent decision - a claim based on an alleged "anti-avoidance" term survives a strike out application on appeal

  • Reed Smith LLP
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  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • December 1 2010

The defendant employer applied to strike-out the plaintiff employee’s claim and was initially successful

Who should be in the room?

  • Reed Smith LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • February 10 2011

This is the fourth in a series of Client Alerts on thorny issues faced by General Counsel and Corporate Secretaries in the context of Board and Committee meetings