Police have charged a 30-year-old man with murder and attempted murder, after he allegedly killed a woman and attacked a colleague in Tai Po. He reportedly attacked his 20-year-old male colleague with a cleaver on Tung Chung Waterfront Road yesterday….

Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen today met with various Mainland departments and bureaus to foster better communications and facilitate the Department of Justice's future work in strengthening the city into a centre for legal services, arbitration and…

Police have arrested a 23-year-old van driver after his vehicle reportedly collided with a taxi in Lantau North this afternoon, killing the 54-year-old taxi driver. The taxi  was travelling along Cheung Tung Road towards Tung Chung while the van was …

Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for the murder of a 24-year-old woman in Tai Po and the attempted murder of a 20-year-old man in Tung Chung. At about 3pm yesterday, Police received a report that a man had attacked his colleague with a chopper o…

Police have arrested a 49-year-old woman on a slope near Tsz Ching Estate in connection with a murder in Wong Tai Sin today. The woman called Police just after midnight to say that she had killed her 84-year-old husband inside a flat at Ching Tai Hous…

Just a quick comment regarding IP litigation statistics in China. What does it mean when we see an uptick in cases? According to one government official, this is very good news: Along with rising invention patents, holders are turning to the law to better protect their intellectual property rights, He Hua, vice director of the […]

I'm not sure what this says about how litigious Chinese society has become, but a telecom company in Hangzhou has developed a mobile phone application for making audio recordings of phone calls that can be later used as evidence in court. If you're not familiar with China's legal system, and particularly if you're from a […]

Immigration and Police officers have arrested five Mainland visitors for breaching their conditions of stay by engaging in suspected parallel goods trading.  Officers yesterday arrested three men and two women aged 25 to 53 in raids of six parallel g…

The Eastern Magistracy has sentenced a 29-year-old salesman to three months' jail for vote-rigging at the 2011 Yau Tsim Mong District Council Election (King's Park Constituency). Magistrate Ho Wai-yang said a custodial sentence was deserved as vote-ri…

More than 100 Shek Pik Prison inmates were given certificates at a ceremony today, recognising their academic achievements. The Correctional Services Department reported the 108 inmates passed 171 papers, and achieved 70 distinctions and credits and a…

The Customs & Excise Department today banned the supply of a dangerous folding chair and stool. Acting on complaints, Customs officers sent samples of the products to the Government Laboratory for safety tests, with reference to the British standa…

This article first appeared in Agenda magazine. Check out the latest issue here. I have been accused of being suspicious, cynical and overly cautious. This is an occupational hazard for corporate lawyers, particularly those of us who handle cross-border transactions that involve individuals from different countries. Once you introduce a foreign language, culture and legal […]

The Department of Justice will form a cross-sector working group to study the proposals of the Law Reform Commission's Report on Class Actions, and advise the Government on how to take the matter forward. The department today provided its interim resp…

Two people, aged 46 and 26, were each sentenced to three months' imprisonment by Kowloon City Magistracy today, for vote-rigging in the 2011 District Council Election. Magistrate Peter Law said the custodial sentences were appropriate as vote-rigging …

Secretary for Security TK Lai continued his visit to Beijing today by calling on the security minister and customs officials. Mr Lai met with the Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu and updated him on the current situation regarding law and order…

Hong Kong’s law and order situation remained stable in the first 10 months of the year, with overall crime rising 0.3%. Briefing the media after attending the Fight Crime Committee meeting today, Acting Secretary for Security John Lee said there wer…

Five Mainlanders were jailed by the District Court today for their roles in an immigration scam. One was sentenced to 28 months, and the four others to 22 months, after pleading guilty to possessing forged travel documents, making false representation…

Secretary for Security TK Lai left Hong Kong for a duty visit to Beijing and Tianjin. While in Beijing, Mr Lai will meet officials from the State Council's Hong Kong & Macau Affairs Office, the Ministry of Public Security, the Supreme People's Pro…

Want to know how difficult it is to teach China foreign investment law? Less than two months ago I told my students about capital account restrictions and the influence of hot money and financial speculators on the approval process for cross-border capital flows. That information is now out of date: China will clear the way […]

From the Telegraph: Huawei's UK arm paid more than £8,600 to send executives to a networking event at the Conservative Party conference, in the same week US politicians said its technology should be blacklisted from American government systems. The company also paid £10,000 to the Liberal Democrats to sponsor a reception at its conference in Brighton. […]

If you're keeping score at home (and I know you are), the latest "food" safety scandal involves a well-known brand of baijiu, China's infamous white wine, which as everyone knows is extracted and refined from the tears of liberal economists. Or maybe it's distilled from rice and other types of grains. The news broke a […]