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Civil Litigation in Hong Kong, 6th Edition
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D. Clark
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2021-11-14
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9789888590537
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Hong Kong
The practical companion to The Hong Kong White Book
Since its first edition in 1993, Civil Litigation in Hong Kong has proved to be an unparalleled practical guide to the rules of civil procedure in Hong Kong.
A step-by-step practical guide
Its checklists, diagrams, and sample documents are a valuable source of knowledge for trainee solicitors and practitioners who conduct civil litigation. Now available in DUO, which includes a ProView eBook version for you to personalise your copy.
Its checklists, diagrams, and sample documents are a valuable source of knowledge for trainee solicitors and practitioners who conduct civil litigation. Now available in DUO, which includes a ProView eBook version for you to personalise your copy.
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Case law has been comprehensively updated, including on:
Limitation of liability, notably in The MSC Flaminia [2023] EWCA Civ 1007 and The Stema Barge II [2021] EWCA Civ 1880 on entitlement to limit;
time-bars, with the confirmation in The Giant Ace (No. 2) [2023] EWCA Civ 569 of the width of Art III r 6 of the Hague-Visby Rules; and
anti-suit relief, with confirmation by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court in Unicredit Bank GmbH v Ruschemalliance LLC (2024) that it is available to protect an obligation to arbitrate in a non-English seat
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Disclosure 6th Edition
2023-12-31Malek
Disclosure provides an authoritative and detailed analysis of the law relating to disclosure, i.e., the process whereby the parties to a legal action disclose to each other all documents in their possession, custody or power relating to matters in question in the action.
Key Features:
Provides an authoritative and detailed analysis of the law relating to the process whereby parties to an action disclose to each other all documents relating to the action
Covers both documentary and non-documentary disclosure
Considers the timing when disclosure should be made
Examines the granting of Norwich Pharmacal relief and other forms of pre-action disclosure
Discusses who must give disclosure, including special cases, non-parties and parties joined to an action for the purposes of disclosure
Considers the issue of privilege and the waiver of it
Examines the consequences of a failure to comply with the requirement to disclose
Looks at collateral use of documents, information requests, and expert reports
Covers disclosure in a wide range of Courts and Tribunals, and the continuing effects of the Human Rights Act 1998
Remains a key text internationally with material relevant to the Commonwealth, Ireland and the Channel Islands
New material in the Sixth Edition:
The Sixth Edition brings the work up to date. In particular, it covers the important transition from the Disclosure Pilot Scheme to the new Practice Direction for Business and Property cases. It also includes the following cases, to name but a few:
Cases on redaction, such as TVZ v Manchester City FC Ltd [2021] EWHC 1179 (QB)
Cases about electronic disclosure, such as Sportsradar AG v Football Dataco Ltd [2022] CAT 37
Cases dealing with inspection of documents, like Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Emmott [2022] EWHC 730 (Comm)
Cases on experts, such as Pickett v Balkind [2022] 4 WLR 88
Important privilege cases, such as Director of the Serious Fraud Office v Eurasian Natural Resources Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 2006, WH Holding Ltd v E20 Stadium LLP [2018] EWCA Civ 2652, and R (Jet2.com Ltd) v Civil Aviation Authority [2020] EWCA Civ 35
Information request cases, including Al-Saud v Gibbs [2022] 1 WLR 3082, Vardy v Rooney [2022] EWHC 1209 (QB) and Fairclough v Tasi Ltd [2022] EWHC 2714 (Ch)
Cases on failure to comply, like Ocado Group Plc v McKeeve [2021] EWCA Civ 145 and Olympic Council of Asia v Novans Jets LLP [2023] EWHC 276 (Comm)
Cases on access to the court file, such as Cape Intermediate Holdings Ltd v Dring [2020] AC 629
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