Monthly Archives: March 2020
Jeff Lane attends C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Geneva
Fraud and Asset Tracing Partner Jeff Lane was in Geneva for the 14th Edition of the C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery Conference from 5 – 6 March. Held at the Fairmont Grand Hotel Geneva, the conference gathered the full spectrum of professionals specialising in…Read More
Recognition of Paternity in Hong Kong
Under Hong Kong family law, a man is presumed to be the biological father of a child if he is married to the woman who gave birth to the child. As this circumstance accounts only for some of the circumstances of the birth of a…Read More
Both Tanner De Witt Employment Partners named 2020 Thought Leaders by Who’s Who Legal
Tanner De Witt Partners Kim Boreham and Russell Bennett, co-heads of the Employment Practice, are both named as Thought Leaders in Labour & Employment by Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders – Hong Kong 2020. The honour also secures Tanner De Witt as the only Hong…Read More
Hong Kong’s High Court rules Government’s discrimination against same-sex couples in public housing policy unconstitutional
In a decision handed down today the High Court has ruled that the Hong Kong Housing Authority (“HA”)’s exclusion of same-sex couples from eligibility for public housing as “Ordinary Families” is unlawful and unconstitutional. Background Applications to the HA for public housing are available to…Read More