News & Events
The 2020 edition of Duxbury etc of which Azan Marwah is the co-author and general editor is now available. This year it will be distributed by the Judiciary’s Integrated Mediation Office to all new litigants going through the Family Courts.
CFA clarifies the meaning of “corruptly” in the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance
- Recent Cases
- 14 April 2020
Commentary by Tina Mok and Adrian Lo
The Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”) on 11 March 2020 handed down its judgment in HKSAR v Cheng Wing Kin [2020] HKCFA 3 examining the meaning of “corruptly” in s.7 of the Elections (Corrupt and Illegal Conduct) Ordinance (Cap. 554) (“ECICO”).
Congratulations Dr Christopher To who has been honoured with a 2019 Top 10 Award for Arbitrators and Mediators in Asia Pacific by the Bali International Arbitration and Mediation Center.
Andrew Lynn represented the plaintiff company in successfully resisting an application by the defendant companies for summary judgment on their counterclaim in the latest episode of a long-running High Court pensions dispute, beginning with the plaintiff’s successful application for a preservation order over certain pension fund assets in Connaught West Ltd v Global Fiduciary Solutions and Others [2019] HKCFI 40 (in which Andrew also appeared).
Azan Marwah recognised in Doyles Guide 2020
- Chambers News
- 4 April 2020
Azan Marwah has been recognised as a leading Family and Divorce Law Barrister in Hong Kong by the Doyle’s Guide 2020.
The Court of Appeal upholds the principle of requiring a warrant to access contents of a mobile phone whilst clarifying warrantless searches can only be conducted with reference to the concept of “reasonable practicability” as submitted by Dr Gerard McCoy QC, SC, and Albert N B Wong (for the 2nd Interested Party).
Timothy Harry appeared in Popely v Popely [2020]EWHC 667 (Ch), where the High Court in England was tasked to consider whether to make a third party costs order against someone who was not a party to the proceedings but who it was said was the driving force behind the litigation, which involved allegations of fraudulent misappropriation. The equivalent provisions in Hong Kong are section 52A(2)of the High Court Ordinance(Cap.4) and RHC O.62, r 6A. The Court made the Order for costs.
Injunction principles applied in unfair prejudice and minority shareholders’ petition.
- Recent Cases
- 28 March 2020
Timothy Harry appeared in Homes of England Ltd v Horsham Holdings Ltd [2019] EWHC 2429 (Ch), where the Companies Court in England considered the application of American Cyanamid principles in the context of the equivalent unfair prejudice principles in a minority shareholders’ petition.