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Legal update: Adverse Costs Consequences in Discrimination Claims
The recent decision of Chan Wai Ho v Civil Service Bureau shows an increasing and important trend in the court’s approach to ordering costs against unsuccessful parties in discrimination cases. Facts of the Case The above case of Chan Wai Ho v Civil Service Bureau…Read More
Tanner De Witt’s Employment and Restructuring and Insolvency teams ranked top in Hong Kong
The results of the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2015 legal rankings guide have been published and our Employment and Restructuring and Insolvency teams have been ranked in Band 1. We publish highlights of the rankings below: Employment (Band 1) What the team is known for: Renowned for…Read More
Chinese New Year Office Opening Hours
Hong Kong will celebrate Chinese New Year this week and our office will be closed Thursday 19th and Friday 20th February. We will reopen as usual on Monday 23rd February. Please see our Contact page for further details. The team at Tanner De Witt wishes…Read More
Supporting the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association
Tanner De Witt members attended the first Hong Kong Investment Funds Association New Year Dinner for the asset management industry this month. Mark Side, Russell Bennett, Jeff Lane, and Edmond Leung were joined by guests this February 2015.
Legal update: Visa requirements for US citizens taking evidence in Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents are sometimes asked to provide witness statements or depositions for use in the United States and attorneys from the United States may travel to Hong Kong to take such statements or depositions for use in proceedings in the United States. Generally, a…Read More
Accumulators and Lehman Brothers Minibonds: Know the products, know your rights
Recently there has been a lot of discussion among legislators, regulators and investors concerning the mis-selling of accumulators and Lehman Brothers Minibonds. Since the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, many investors, be they individual or institutional, have suffered huge losses from their investments,…Read More
Tanner De Witt wins two top 2015 legal industry awards
Tanner De Witt has been chosen as one of the world’s top 250 leading firms by Intercontinental Finance and has secured the top spot in the China Business Law Awards for Restructuring and Insolvency. The full results of the awards will be published in a…Read More
Five Tanner De Witt lawyers chosen as Leading Lawyers by Asialaw 2015
NEWS: Five Tanner De Witt lawyers have been identified as some of the most highly acclaimed legal specialists in Hong Kong. Asialaw made the decision to include these Partners following an extensive survey of senior corporate executives, in-house counsel and private practice lawyers. – Ian…Read More
Legal update: The Changing Nature of the Insolvency and Restructuring landscape in the PRC
We would like to thank the international restructuring and insolvency professionals who participated in Friday’s symposium co-hosted by the Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i and Hong Kong’s Turnaround Management Association. The conference, titled Unlocking Value in the PRC: The Changing Nature of Restructurings…Read More
Hong Kong law firm Tanner De Witt Wins 8 Leading Lawyer Titles
Eight Hong Kong solicitors from the Tanner De Witt team have been named in the 2014 edition of Asialaw’s Leading Lawyers. According to the publication, Ian De Witt, Robin Darton, Mark Side, Kim Boreham, Eddie Look, Tim Drew, Russell Bennett and Jeff Lane are among “the…Read More
Legal update: Employment Update April 2014
An employer’s casual assurances or promises to employees during separation discussions may considerably reduce the employer’s rights and remedies. Introduction The case of Igal Dafini v CMA CGM SA is a useful reminder that if an employer secures the agreement of a departing employee to…Read More
Legal update: Litigation funding for foreign insolvency practitioners — an update
As was noted in a previous article on this website last year, the May 2010 decision of Harris J in Re Cyberworks Audio Video Technology Ltd [2010] 2 HKLRD 1137 (“Cyberworks“) caused some excitement among the insolvency community in Hong Kong, as it was the…Read More
