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  • Arrest of juveniles

    What will happen if your children or child is arrested by the police? An overview of the rights of juveniles under arrest. Introduction We often hear of arrest of youngsters in Hong Kong. In this article, we briefly discuss how the legal system processes those…Read More

  • Seeking a Digital Marketing & Communications Executive / Senior Digital Marketing & Communications Executive

    THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. Digital Marketing & Communications Executive / Senior Digital Marketing & Communications Executive Responsibilities Technical knowledge, professional qualifications and experience

  • Hong Kong Cookies Regulation

    Partner Pádraig Walsh provides the following overview on Hong Kong Cookies Regulation as part of a coordinated international review published in PIN CODE. Citation: Gary CYWIE, Charles MORGAN, Fabrice PERBOST, Alexander BRANDT, Padraig WALSH, Jun YANG and Eduardo USTARAN, ‘Cookies Regulations: An International Outlook’, Revue…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt wishes everyone a happy Lunar New Year！- 泰德威律師事務所祝大家萬事如意迎新年，玉兔迎春旺全年！(Office closed 23-25 January)

    Tanner De Witt wishes everyone a happy Lunar New Year！ 泰德威律師事務所祝大家萬事如意迎新年，玉兔迎春旺全年！ Our offices will be closed from Monday 23 to Wednesday 25 January for Lunar New Year. We will resume normal office hours on Thursday 26 January at 9am.

  • Substantial connection in jurisdictional matters – no separate test applied to parties without family in Hong Kong says the Court of Appeal in JQ v CLH CACV 350/2021

    On 27 May 2021, His Honour Judge I Wong dismissed the Husband’s challenge against Hong Kong having jurisdiction over the Wife’s divorce petition. The Husband appealed. CACV 350/2021 was heard before Hon Chow JA, Hon Barma and Chow JJA in the Court of Appeal. The…Read More

  • The Chambers and Partners Greater China Region 2023 rankings are announced

    Tanner De Witt is delighted once again to be recognised by Chambers & Partners in their inaugural 2023 Greater China Region Guide for each of its main practice areas. Please see full results and editorial commentary below.   Corporate/M&A: Independent Hong Kong Firms (Band 2)Full ranking here. Tanner…Read More

  • The Legal 500 2023 rankings are announced for Asia-Pacific

    Tanner De Witt is proud to again be recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide 2023 for employment, restructuring and insolvency, dispute resolution, technology, media, telecommunications (TMT), commercial, corporate and M&A, private client and family. Legal 500’s Hall of Fame includes Partners Ian De Witt and Robin Darton, while Pamela Mak and Russell Bennett are…Read More

  • Press release: Tanner De Witt celebrates 100% trainee retention rate and welcomed 2022 intake

    Hong Kong law firm Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce 100% successful retention of its trainees who qualified in 2022 and are now admitted as solicitors with the firm. The trainees joining Tanner De Witt as solicitors are: Austin graduated from the Hong Kong…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt promotes two solicitors to Partner – Veronica Chan and Tim Au

    Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce the promotion of Veronica Chan and Tim Au to the position of Partner with the firm, with effect from Sunday 1 January 2023. The promotion of Veronica and Tim brings the firm’s number of partners to 16 and…Read More

  • The Alternative to Class Action Litigation in Hong Kong

    Class actions are not recognised by Hong Kong Courts, so, an individual’s right of action may not be as effective as it might otherwise be. It is for this reason that jurisdictions which do not recognise class actions often have a counterbalance in strong regulation…Read More

  • Supporting Rugby in Laos

    Congratulations to the Lao Rugby Federation for successfully hosting a Rugby Sevens Exhibition during the 11th Lao National Games. We are proud to help support their inclusion and the growth of youth rugby throughout Asia. “The Lao Rugby Federation is proud to welcome Tanner De…Read More

  • Service by NFT – Court serves defendants by ‘airdrop’ into digital wallet

    BACKGROUND In D’Aloia v (1) Persons Unknown and (2) Binance Holdings Limited and others, the High Court of England and Wales granted the claimant permission to serve court proceedings on ‘persons unknown’ over blockchain, by way of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). NFTs NFTs are a relatively…Read More