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Contentious Commentary: Hong Kong - March 2017

31 March 2017

This edition of "Contentious Commentary: Hong Kong" covers:

  • Court of Final Appeal quashes TVB star’s bribery conviction
  • Listed company responsible for fraudulent misrepresentation
  • No hard and fast rule about costs in interlocutory injunctions
  • No reasons necessary for costs order
  • Court of Appeal considers the proper test for committal in contempt proceedings
  • CFA sets out the test for Mareva injunctions in aid of foreign proceedings
  • Adding new party to a claim runs into limitation time bar
  • Solicitors criticised for continuing appeal without proper instructions
  • Two long-running cases come to an end
  • Cross-border assistance in insolvency proceedings
  • The law of confidence comes up against freedom of the press
  • Defaulting director ordered to resign
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