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Supporting the Sai Kung Beach Boys
Tanner De Witt was proud to sponsor the Sai Kung Beach Boys Football Association‘s first fund raising event held on Friday 20 May at Kings Park Sports Ground. It was a tremendous success with more than HKD30,000 being raised for two year old Connor Brown, son…Read More
Legal update: Specialist Tribunals and Boards in Hong Kong
Many of the administrative and legal decisions that affect closely the lives of residents of Hong Kong and businesses that operate in Hong Kong are not made in the courts but are given in specialist tribunals or other bodies created by statute to deal with…Read More
Tanner De Witt’s brand has global reach!
Recently a learned Queen’s Counsel sent us this photo of a Tanner De Witt golf ball (with our pre-2010 branding) which had been found in a bush in the US Virgin Islands at the Mahogany Run Golf Course…we don’t know how long it has been…Read More
Specialist Tribunals and Boards
Many of the administrative and legal decisions that affect closely the lives of residents of Hong Kong and businesses that operate in Hong Kong are not made in the courts but are given in specialist tribunals or other bodies created by statute to deal with…Read More
Tanner De Witt employment partner Kim Boreham joins panel discussion on Hong Kong’s expatriate workforce
Tanner De Witt Employment Partner Kim Boreham joined a panel discussion on the global expatriate workforce at the American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law’s International Labor and Employment Law Committee Midyear Meeting at the Langham Hotel in Hong Kong on May 4…Read More
Tanner De Witt supports the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation at the 2016 CNCF Ladies Long Lunch
Tanner De Witt continues to support the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation. Partners Kim Boreham and Pamela Mak hosted a table at the 6th Annual CNCF Rugby Sevens Ladies Long Lunch, a unique event that is designed to be genuinely fun and all for a powerful…Read More
Legal update: The Draft Code of Practice for Employment Agencies
The Labour Department is conducting a consultation on a draft Code of Practice for Employment Agencies. Through promulgating the Code for the industry’s compliance, the Labour Department aims to promote professionalism and quality services in the employment agencies industry. Members of the public can obtain…Read More
Ancillary relief: the case of short marriage between young couples without children
The Court of Appeal judgement in AVT v VNT [2015] HKEC 1298 is a good example of the departure from equal sharing of matrimonial assets in the case of a short and childless marriage. This case concerns a medium-sized estate and a comfortable standard of…Read More
Tanner De Witt wishes Queen Elizabeth II a very happy 90th birthday
For many of us who hail from Commonwealth countries around the world but live in Hong Kong, home can feel very far away. Therefore it is with extra special excitement that we celebrate this special day; the birthday of the longest reigning monarch of the…Read More
The Child Abduction Legislation
The Child Abduction Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance 2014 (the “Amendment Ordinance”) recently came into operation on 5 April 2016 to expand the scope of application of the current Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance (Cap 512) (“CACO”) to strengthen the powers of the courts and law…Read More
TMA Race Night – Wednesday 20 April at Happy Valley Racecourse
The Hong Kong Chapter of TMA (Turnaround Management Association) will hold a Race Night on Wednesday 20 April at Happy Valley Racecourse. This event is jointly sponsored by Tanner De Witt and Mayer Brown JSM. Event date: Wednesday 20 April Time: 6pm Venue: Happy Valley…Read More
Tanner De Witt proud supporter of Hong Kong Women’s 7s 2016
Tanner De Witt, proud gold sponsor of the HKRU Domestic League Referees, was pleased to see the HK Women’s Rugby Sevens Referees 2016 in their kit at the tournament yesterday with the Tanner De Witt logo on the front – it was an unexpected bonus…Read More
