Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction In the recent case of Yeung Lai Ping v Secretary for Justice [2019] HKCFI 881, the government has been ordered to pay nearly HK$21 million in compensation to a former dental officer, who had to retire from civil service nearly 20 years ago, after she suffered severe injuries to her right wrist due to excessive workload. […]
香港：人身伤亡的损害赔偿
Reading Time: 1 minutes人身伤亡是指一个人未有以合理的谨慎方式对待另一个人而造成的一种民事过失，往往涉及疏忽。人身伤亡有时指身体上的损伤，但这里也指心理上的伤害，例如，受害人可能因交通意外而患上创伤后压力症（PTSD）。
人身伤亡受害人可追讨的赔偿类别各有不同。有些人慢性受伤，例如患上长期痛症，而有些人则可能被迫改变日常生活或工作，甚至失去工作。常见的索偿类别包括疼痛、痛苦与丧失生活乐趣、收入损失、丧失赚取收入的能力、因意外而招致的医疗及其他开支。
Singapore court recognised US bankruptcy proceedings as foreign main proceedings despite company being registered in Singapore
Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction On 4 March 2019, the Singapore High Court (“Court”) in Re Zetta Jet Ptd Ltd and others (Asia Aviation Holdings Ptd Ltd, intervener) [2019] SGHC 53 handed down its judgment and granted full recognition of the US Bankruptcy Proceedings as a foreign main proceeding under the Singapore Model Law. Background Voluntary bankruptcy proceedings were filed against […]
HONG KONG: Employment dispute concerning payment of contract-end gratuity arising from inappropriate statements made at forum
Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction Previously in “Can an Employer Consider an Employee’s Work Performance in Deciding Whether to Pay Contract-end Gratuity to the Employee?”, the application of a contractual term in relation to whether gratuity payment can be subject to the employer’s opinion of an employee’s “satisfactory completion” of an employment contract is discussed in light of the […]
HONG KONG: Inadequate passage plan could amount to unseaworthiness of the vessel
Reading Time: 5 minutesIntroduction Under Article III rule 1 of the Hague Rules (which apply to contracts of carriage), the carrier shall be bound, before and at the beginning of the voyage, to exercise due diligence to make the ship seaworthy. In the recent case of Alize 1954, CMA CGM SA v Allianz Elementar Versicherungs AG and Others [2019] EWHC […]
香港：绿化工程必须符合法例
Reading Time: 1 minutes背景
2016年5月20日，香港城市大学（「城大」）陈大河综合会堂的大型屋顶在毫无先兆下突然倒塌，导致在场三人受伤。事件起因相信是面积达1,400平方米的天台覆盖了草皮，最终因不胜负荷而倒塌。
这宗意外显示，屋顶覆盖植物及泥土会造成超重风险，亦令人质疑天台绿化工程缺乏监管。由于城大承认有关工程事先并没有向屋宇署入则，亦惹人关注天台绿化工程的合法性。
HONG KONG: Court of Final Appeal confirms “obtaining access to computer with a view to dishonest gain” should not apply to a person’s own devices
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction The wide interpretation of the charge of “obtaining access to computer with a view to dishonest gain for himself or another” under section 161(1)(c) of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap 200) (the “s.161(1)(c) Charge”) was considered in the Court of First Instance (“CFI”) in Secretary for Justice v Cheng Ka Yee and others[2018] HKCFI 1809, which was […]
Hong Kong: Employment dispute concerning payment of contract-end gratuity arising from inappropriate statements made at forum
Reading Time: 6 minutesIntroduction Previously in “Can an Employer Consider an Employee’s Work Performance in Deciding Whether to Pay Contract-end Gratuity to the Employee?”, the application of a contractual term in relation to whether gratuity payment can be subject to the employer’s opinion of an employee’s “satisfactory completion” of an employment contract is discussed in light of the […]
香港：警务人员可搜查市民的手机吗？
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手机私隐一直备受公众关注。随着科技进步，手机成为方便工作的好工具。我们利用智能手机的互联网、即时通讯、电邮等各种功能沟通、分享数码文件及照片，以及完成各种工作。
近期原讼法庭在一宗司法复核案件Sham Wing Kan v Commissioner of Police [2017] HKCU 2725审理了一个重要问题——警务人员是否有权在没有手令的情况下搜查及审查被捕人士身上的手机及其他个人数码通讯设备上的数码内容？
Parties to arbitration in Hong Kong can apply for interim measures in Mainland China
Reading Time: 3 minutesBackground Under the Hong Kong’s existing Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609), the parties to arbitral proceedings in other places, including Mainland China, may apply to the courts of Hong Kong for interim measures. However, under the Arbitration Law and Civil Procedure Law of Mainland China, only parties to arbitrations seated in Mainland China and administered by […]
HONG KONG: Can an internal non-legal representative of a litigant be a member to a confidentiality ring?
Reading Time: 4 minutesIntroduction Taching Petroleum Company Limited (“Taching”) and Shell Hong Kong Limited (“Shell”) have respectively sold industrial diesel oil to Meyer Aluminium Limited (“Meyer”) and sue for the diesel oil purchase price. In its defence, Meyer argued that Taching and Shell have colluded to fix the price or exchanged price information in breach of the First […]
香港：知识产权争议能否透过仲裁解决？
Reading Time: 1 minutes随着全球知识产权交易日益增加，人们更需要高效的争议解决程序。为推动香港成为知识产权交易枢纽及国际知识产权仲裁及调解中心，律政司于2015年12月发布了《2016 年仲裁（修订）条例草案》咨询文件，旨在了解是否需要就知识产权争议的仲裁问题修订法例。目前，香港既没有具体法例条文、亦没有权威性的判例清楚说明，香港法律是否承认涉及知识产权争议的仲裁结果。香港法例第609章《仲裁条例》并无说明哪些种类的主题事宜可透过仲裁解决。