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The secret to enforcing confidential information restraints in Hong Kong double rise Development Ltd v Lung Kit Chuen
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- Hong Kong
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- February 27 2013
Double Rise Development engaged in sourcing. The success of its business was based on keeping the supplier and the customer for the products apart
Jurisdiction
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- Hong Kong, United Kingdom, USA
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- July 31 2010
In Chunilal v Merrill Lynch, a UK national originally based in London but who had lived and worked in Hong Kong since 2003, wanted to claim a discretionary bonus from his employer, a company registered in the US state of Delaware
Civil justice reform
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- Hong Kong
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- November 24 2009
On 2 April 2009, the long awaited and much discussed Civil Justice Reform ("CJR") came into force in Hong Kong, after nearly a decade of consultations
John Simpson Warham v Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd
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- Hong Kong
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- June 15 2009
23 aircrew officers ("the Claimants") were dismissed by their employer ("the Defendant") whilst disciplinary investigations were being conducted against them for alleged misconduct
Exclusive jurisdiction of Labour Tribunal over certain employment-related matters
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- Hong Kong
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- February 19 2009
In Hong Kong, the Labour Tribunal enjoys exclusive jurisdiction over certain employment claims
Third party funding for litigation - Hong Kong
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- Hong Kong
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- October 13 2008
The common law rules in Hong Kong before 1997 - which remain in force under Article 8 of the Basic Law - provide that "maintenance" and "champerty" are criminal offences, torts and that "tainted" contracts (involving maintenance or champerty) are voidable as a matter of public policy
Hong Kong fashion giant to pay RMB20 million for trade mark infringement
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- Hong Kong
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- May 16 2008
In a recent first instance decision handed down by the Hangzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Hong Kong-based fashion chain Generation 2000 Limited ("G2000"), along with three of its Chinese franchisees, were ordered to pay RMB20 million (about US$2.8 million) in damages to Zhao Hua ("Zhao"), a PRC individual, for infringing his “2000” trade mark
Wealthy Realty Ltd v Cheng Yung
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- Hong Kong
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- May 6 2008
This case considered a restraint of trade clause and the reasonableness of a clause which sought to restrain an employee from working for any competitor in the same “district” for six months after termination
HSBC Bank Plc and another v Steven Andrew Wallace (HCA 2422 of 2007; 28 November 2007)
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- Hong Kong
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- February 5 2008
This case confirms that employees can generally work in Hong Kong under a foreign law employment contract and the Hong Kong Employment Ordinance does not apply to such contracts
Hummingbird Music Limited v Dino Acconci and Giulio Acconci
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- Hong Kong
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- October 9 2007
An artist will usually enter into a contract with a professional management company, appointing the company as his exclusive manager
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