Conflicts of Law in Hong Kong, Fourth Edition is an essential resource for legal practitioners and scholars dealing with cross-border legal issues in the region. The latest edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the most recent developments, incorporating a wealth of new case law from Hong Kong, as well as pertinent legal precedents from the UK and other jurisdictions. With its detailed examination of new Hong Kong cases and authoritative commentary, this book stands as a pivotal text for understanding conflict of laws in Hong Kong.

Firstly, this includes a new chapter focusing on insolvency, due to a substantial increase in the number of decided Hong Kong cases dealing with cross-border aspects of corporate insolvency. Numerous important new cases on insolvency are covered in the text.

Secondly, the enforceability of Mainland judgments in Hong Kong and of Hong Kong judgments in the Mainland has been transformed by the enactment in 2019 of the new Mainland Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance. This is modelled in part on the provisions of the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters. However, the new Ordinances covers not only a wide range of judgments in contractual and tortious matters, but also judgments given in certain types of disputes over intellectual properties rights.

“Medical Law and Ethics in Hong Kong is a novel work, offering a comprehensive and coherent analysis of the legal and ethical dimensions of medical practice as part of a larger whole, that of the law of torts, human rights and criminal law. Within the general text, there are many thought-provoking discussions of the ongoing debates on medical negligence, reproduction, euthanasia and patients’ rights and autonomy in law. This book will prove a valuable resource for practitioners, healthcare professionals, doctors, lawyers, and students of medical law, and I commend it to all readers.”

from the foreword by Dr Ko Wing Man, Secretary for Food and Health
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Written by doctors and lawyers,the book is essential reading for practitioners in both professions who are concerned with the medico-legal aspects of beginning and end of life issues,as well as advances in medical research and technology and patients' rights and autonomy in law.

• The first book on medical law and ethics in Hong Kong;
• Provides a clear analysis of the inter-relationship between medical ethics and the law, together with a valuable collection of new studies and materials from disparate sources in this important discipline of law;
• Provides a detailed exposition of the legal and ethical parameters of the ongoing debates on reproductive medicine, euthanasia, medical negligence and patients’ rights and autonomy;
• Represents the clearest available accounts of the genesis of medical law and ethics in Hong Kong.

This illuminating text,written in a style of marked lucidity, will be of great benefit  to practitioners, healthcare professionals, doctors, lawyers, students and teachers of medical law. In the burgeoning field of medico-legalstudies, the book represents the clearest available accounts of the genesis of medical law and ethics in Hong Kong.
 

Currently, identifying the appropriate practice and procedure is a very time consuming and laborious process. It requires the practitioner or student to go to many different sources, for example, statutes, subsidiary legislation (i.e., the court rules), authorities, cases, PD 18.1, and other advisory sources such as law society circulars. CCPI is a guide for practice and procedure that combines all of these sources.

Included in this first edition are: 

• “Case boxes”, “statute boxes” and “PD boxes” that directly quote from these sources for easy referencing.
• A core flow chart that gives an overview of PI litigation from start to finish, and specific flow charts that aim to simplify complicated procedure, contained in a supplementary booklet
• Explanation and analysis on the current rules in relation to key areas and problems that commonly arise in PI litigation.
• The areas that are covered include: pre-action protocol; limitation periods; PI Questionnaires; Checklist Review Hearings; “milestone dates”; when documents must be filed/served/lodged; settlement; sanctioned offers, sanctioned payments, Calderbank offers; discovery, FBP, and interrogatories; witness statements; expert evidence; and interlocutory judgments.

The 2023 edition includes recent cases covering a number of areas of company law. Most notable are the cases dealing with members’ remedies, discussed in Chapter 8. There is also a new Companies (Amendment) Bill 2022 which was gazetted on 25 November 2022 and now before the Legislative Council. The bill proposes some minor amendments to the CO to confirm that companies may hold virtual or hybrid general meetings, subject to express restrictions in the articles.

The text has been thoroughly updated with discussion of new cases, including:

• the statutory derivative action (Lam Kin Chung v Soka Gakkai International of Hong Kong Ltd [2022] 4 HKC 202, [2022] HKCA 480);
• shareholder petitions for just and equitable winding up (Re Overseas Associates Ltd [2022] 2 HKLRD 790, [2022] HKCA 512; Ninotre Investment Ltd v Strong Light Investments Ltd [2021] HKCFI 3095);
• scope of the irregularity principle in restricting minority shareholder remedies (HuangFu Chuangxin v Ni Yongkang [2022] HKCFI 1721; Lohas Holding Ltd v Registrar of Companies [2022] HKCFI 3358);
• interpretation of articles of association (Yeung Bing Kwong Kenneth v Yeung Ping Leung [2019] HKCFI 1465); and
• the statutory indoor management rule (Zhang Kan v SPH (Hong Kong) International Trading Co Ltd [2022] 3 HKLRD 813, [2022] HKDC 731).
   

Chitty on Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts is an extremely well-respected title and a vital reference tool for anyone engaged with contract law in Hong Kong. The seventh edition is published in two volumes, reflecting the breadth and depth of coverage. 

Highlights in the seventh edition include: 

• The Hong Kong Chitty Chapters have been brought up-to-date and refreshed in some instances with new members joining the Hong Kong Chitty team.
• In particular, substantial updates have been made to the chapters on Agency, Insurance, Mediation, Suretyship and Guarantees, and Undue Influence and Duress to take into account recent developments in, and to expand their coverage on, these important areas.
• A number of chapters, including those on Carriage by Air, Conflict of Laws, Construction Contracts, Employment, Information Technology, Sale of Goods and Services and Landlord and Tenant, have also been updated in light of certain newly enacted or amended statutes and/or recently introduced regulations in addition to various recent cases having an impact on the relevant legal principles.

• Authored by representatives of one of the top offshore legal firms with specific specialisation in the complexities of the Cayman Islands jurisdiction.
• An increase in the breadth of coverage with three entirely new chapters:
  - Financing & regulation of aircraft;
  - Cayman Island LLCs; and
  - EU Substance Requirements. 
• The only authoritative reference source for the South East Asian legal market covering the critical Cayman Islands jurisdiction that accounts for 75% of world’s hedge funds and nearly half the global industry’s estimated US$1.1 trillion of asset under-management.
• Highly contemporaneous with 40% of the 1st edition content updated including, but not limited to:
  - analysis and review of the new and amended Cayman Islands laws and regulations regarding the companies and financial regime;
  - updates to the anti-money laundering regime;
  - review and analysis of the new regulatory guidelines regarding the formation of limited liability companies etc.

Cayman Islands Company and Commercial Law is the only publication that focuses exclusively on the Cayman Islands. The book provides a deep analytical view of the offshore jurisdiction’s legal landscape as it relates to companies, partnerships, credit and security, mutual funds, insolvency, dispute resolution, taxation, trusts and more.

The Second Edition will keep you fully up-to-date on one of the world’s most utilized corporate jurisdictions. The use of offshore vehicles for international financial transactions and the incorporation of companies is the preference for most entities here in the Asia Pacific region. The Cayman Islands continues to be the ‘hot’ jurisdiction for offshore companies and commercial work, as well as the choice now to set up an offshore financial center.

This new second edition examines and updates the major changes which occurred over the last four years, including:

1. Impact of the new Cayman Islands Limited Liability Companies law since its enactment in 2016 – resulting in 391 Cayman LLCs formed and another 16 transferred by way of continuation from other jurisdictions from 1 July 2016 – 19 May 2017;

2. New supplemental legislation formed in relation to the Tax Information Authority (International Tax Compliance) (Common Reporting Standard) Regulations, 2015;

3. New requirement of obtaining professional Indemnity Insurance for those who deal with Trusts, Insurance, Mutual Fund Administration, Securities Investments and Company Managers, Licensees, and Directors;

4. Amended structure for investment funds, etc.

Content highlights of the Second Edition:

Tort Law and Practice in Hong Kong, 4th edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of the many recent developments in this ever-dynamic area of law. Chapters on negligence, defences, defamation, vicarious liability, causation, trespass to person and economic torts have been largely rewritten. There are also new sections on diseases, sports liability, road users, public authority liability, child abuse, omissions, and online defamation.  

New decisions considered include:

• Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police [2018] UKSC 4 (negligence – duty of care);
• Monat Investment Ltd v All persons in occupation etc [2023] HKCA 479 (illegality defence);
• Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB [2023] UKSC 15 (vicarious liability); 
• CCIG Investments Pty Ltd v Schokman [2023] HCA 21 (vicarious liability);
• Fearn v Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4 (nuisance);
• Jonathan Lu v Paul Chan Mo Po [2018] HKCFA 11 (defamation – qualified privilege);
• Chang Wa Shan v Esther Chan Pui Kwan [2018] HKCFA 29 (malicious falsehood);
• Secretary for Justice v Persons Unlawfully and Wilfully Conducting etc [2019] HKCFI 2773 (harassment – doxxing);
• Eton Properties Ltd v 廈門新景地集團有限公司 [2020] HKCFA 32 (tort of inducing a breach of contract);
• Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] 2 WLR 417 (psychiatric injury);
• Swarnjit Kaur v Lo's Cleaning Services Ltd [2023] 3 HKLRD 629 (safe system of work)

Civil Procedure in Hong Kong: A Guide to the Main Principles, Fourth Edition, a popular text with practitioners, has developed a reputation as being a user-friendly, simply written guide to the main principles of civil procedure.

The new edition covers important changes in relevant areas, including the recent abolition of the “as of right” route of appeal to the CFA. A few years have passed since the coming into effect of the Civil Justice Reform (CJR). The text elaborates on various points where it would be helpful for practitioners to have more of an explanation and/or a flavour of the Court’s general approach now.

The thorough commentary, informed by comparative law … makes the book an asset not only for readers involved in the application of the Ordinance in Hong Kong, but also for those involved in the interpretation and application of similar provisions in other parts of the world.

Brooke's Notary Hong Kong is the only reference work on notarial practice and procedure in Hong Kong, with references to the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and international jurisdictions. It covers important information including the functions and powers of notaries, the procedure for admission as a notary, the different classes of notary and the training and appointment of notaries, Hong Kong Notaries Practice Rules and other regulations governing the notarial profession, and the Hong Kong Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance to which notaries are subject to.

This third Hong Kong edition contains much new material on recent developments, in particular tracking developments in notarial practice such as the use and recognition of electronic signatures. In addition, the need for social distancing during the Covid-19 accelerated trends towards remote on-line notarisation.

Heavy emphasis on local cases, allowing business and legal professionals to understand difficult legal rules and principles through local examples

Easy to navigate and user-friendly layout of the general principles; thoughtful use of case extracts and case scenarios

Expanded chapter on ADR — an increasingly popular method of resolving disputes in Hong Kong