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  • Legal update: Court of Appeal upholds insider dealing and fraud decision in favour of SFC against two solicitors

    Case background On 9 November 2017, the Court of Appeal (“CA”) dismissed the appeal by a solicitor, Eric Lee, and Eric’s two sisters, Patsy Lee and Stella Lee, against the judgment by the Court of First Instance (“CFI”) finding them guilty of insider dealing and…Read More

  • Judicial Separation or Divorce? When to file for one or the other?

    What is Judicial Separation and why choose it?  A Judicial Separation application may be appropriate where parties wish to legally separate but for various reasons they do not wish to divorce.  Traditionally, this procedure was available to parties who did not see divorce as appropriate…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt Silver Sponsor at Turnaround Management Association’s Asia Pacific Conference

    Tanner De Witt is delighted to announce confirmation of its Silver Sponsorship at the upcoming 2017 TMA Asia Pacific Conference in Hong Kong. About the 2017 TMA Asia Pacific Conference Held on 15 to 17 November 2017 at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel, the TMA…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt attends The Hong Kong Mental Health Conference 2017

    Partner Joanne Brown and Paralegal Elizabeth Seymour-Jones recently attended The Hong Kong Mental Health Conference 2017. Held on Friday 3 November to Sunday 5 November at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine, the Conference hosted a variety of sessions, some of which are below: Mental Health…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt supports 2017/18 season of Mini Rugby in Hong Kong

    We are once again delighted to support Hong Kong’s 2017/18 season of mini rugby through the sponsorship of balls for every new player. This is the second year that we have supported Hong Kong’s mini rugby clubs by enabling each player to have their own…Read More

  • Foreign Marriages, Bigamy, Polygamy and Nullity in the Law of Hong Kong

    What is bigamy? Bigamy is the act of marrying a person while being legally married to another. It is a criminal offence triable upon indictment which, upon conviction, renders the offender liable to imprisonment for 7 years (section 45 of the Offences Against the Person…Read More

  • Legal obstacles to surrogacy remain in Hong Kong

    Surrogacy is becoming an increasingly popular option for families hoping to start a family in Hong Kong. The acceptance of non-traditional family structures, increased access to reproductive technologies and cheaper international travel mean that surrogacy is no longer always altruistic, and it is less frequently…Read More

  • Press release: Tanner De Witt further develops China and Family Practices

    PRESS RELEASE 2 November 2017 For immediate release Tanner De Witt announces with great pleasure the promotion of solicitors Joanne Brown and River Stone to its partnership; the promotions were effective Wednesday 1 November. Joanne will serve as Head of the Family Department. This demonstrates…Read More

  • Jeff Lane joins London panel on cyber fraud

    Partner Jeff Lane participated in the panel session “Spotlight – Cyber Fraud” at the Asset Tracing and Recovery Forum, Tuesday 31 October at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel London. Jeff was joined by Michael Coonan (Partner, McCann Fitzgerald), Sophie Eyre (Partner, Bird & Bird) and Florian Kirstein (Counsel,…Read More

  • Legal update: Show me the money: specificity, credibility, and the fraud exception

    The last five years have seen a massive increase in cyber fraud in Hong Kong and a corresponding growth in cases being brought before the Hong Kong Courts to trace and recover the proceeds. Fraud victims appreciate prompt recovery, but are often frustrated by ‘bona…Read More

  • High Court applies wardship to plug legal gap created by Hong Kong’s surrogacy legislation

    In a pathbreaking decision the High Court has used the inherent wardship jurisdiction to fill a hole in Hong Kong’s family law that threatened to leave it without the ability to regulate children’s upbringing: S v J (Director of Immigration intervening), HCMP 1857 of 2016,…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt celebrates Dress Pink Day 2017

    The Tanner De Witt offices were a dazzling display of pink today as our staff donned pink costumes, headpieces, socks and handbags in support of Dress Pink Day. What is Dress Pink Day? On Dress Pink Day, people across Hong Kong wear pink to raise…Read More