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Liquidators' costs in a preference claim

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 13 2013

In The Joint and Several Liquidators of QQ Club Limited (in liquidation) v. Golden Year Limited (HCCW 2452011, 9 April 2013) (QQ Club), the Court of

No strict liability on forum hosts for defamatory postings

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 16 2012

Operators of a popular online forum are not primary publishers of defamatory messages posted by forum members, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal recently confirmed

The writing is on the forum - defamation on the Internet

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • March 3 2011

In a recent Hong Kong case (Oriental Press Group Limited v. Fevaworks Solutions Limited, 25 February 2011), operators of an online forum were ordered to pay damages of HK$100,000 for failing to remove defamatory statements posted on their forums some eight months after the plaintiff complained

Another Hong Kong forum host found liable for defamation - lessons to be learned

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • April 10 2012

Following the recent Court of Appeal decision in Oriental Press Group Limited v. Fevaworks Solutions Limited, the Hong Kong court found another host of an Internet forum to be liable for defamatory statements posted by anonymous users

Constant vigilance two recent tax decisions

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • April 19 2013

The courts have recently handed down two separate tax decisions, both highlighting the need for vigilance from the taxpayer when managing its tax

MPFA pursues an employer for outstanding contributions plus surcharge via civil claim

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 11 2013

On 14 December 2012, the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) successfully obtained judgment against an employer in the District Court for

An independent contractor is not a shield to liability!

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • March 14 2011

The Court of Final Appeal (CFA) decided in Luen Hing Fat Coating & Finishing Factory Limited v. Waan Chuen Ming (FACV 192009) that an occupier can be liable for injury caused by an independent contractor to the contractor's own employees, even if the contractor is apparently competent

non-convention enforcement of arbitral awards in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan
  • -
  • December 19 2011

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) today has three separate legal systems

Fraud exception in incontestability clause of life insurance policy upheld

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • July 4 2012

The Court of First Instance held in Ma Kim Ying v Manulife (International) Limited (HCA 19892008) that the incontestability clause was not applicable because of fraudulent misrepresentations by the life insured in the proposal form

A case of unlawful disability discrimination in the workplace

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Hong Kong
  • -
  • January 10 2013

In Kan Che Sing v. Lucky Dragon Boat (Belvedere) Restaurant Limited, the Plaintiff, Mr. Kan Che Shing (Kan), sued his former employer, Lucky Dragon Boat

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