Articles

Anna Lau

Dec 11, 2018

The Fight Against the Slaughter of Small Animals | How Hong Kong Compares with the Globe

“…The GREATNESS of a nation and its MORAL PROGRESS can be judged by the way its animals are treated...” - Mahatma Gandhi Introduction The...

Anna Lau

Oct 29, 2018

The Story Behind Hong Kong’s First Crypto-Litigation (Part 2): Technical Issues

Whilst the Plaintiffs in HCA 1980 of 2015 ultimately decided to pay the Defendant’s full costs and discontinue the case before making it...

Anna Lau

Oct 29, 2018

Hong Kong’s First Crypto-Litigation (Part 3): Enhanced Duty to Mitigate for Blockchain

Editor’s Note: For the first two parts of this series, please see the Industry Insights section in the Hong Kong Lawyer’s August and...

Anna Lau

Oct 16, 2018

香港首宗加密貨幣訴訟案背後的故事（3）：進行區塊鏈交易更加要履行減少損失的責任？

每宗交易糾紛都牽涉一個根本的問題：入稟法庭的原告人可有履行責任減少損失？如果原告人甚麼也不做，完全不去減少自己的損失，他的申索只會是一宗勝訴無望的典型案件。原告人如果進行以區塊鏈作為基礎的交易，就更加要這樣問自己，因為這些交易（與現金交易不一樣）完全是在綫記錄的。因此，相...

Anna Lau

Sep 28, 2018

WTO GPA- Support Behind Suppliers’ Back in Government Tender Disputes

Back in 1998, the Review Body on Bid Challenges was set up pursuant to the Agreement on Government Procurement under the World Trade...

Anna Lau

Sep 16, 2018

香港首宗加密貨幣訴訟案背後的故事（2)：技術問題

HCA 1980/2015案的原告人最終在法庭正式審理案件之前，決定悉數支付被告人的訟費並終止訴訟（是放棄訴訟，不是與被告人和解）；不過，案中提出的技術問題（儘管法庭沒有判定）別有含義，不可以被忽略不談。因此，本文探索由辯方提出的技術性論點，突顯在資訊年代，精通科技是（律...

Anna Lau

Aug 16, 2018

The Duty Of Full And Frank Diligence In Ex-Parte Applications

HCA 1980 of 2015 was in many ways the jurisdiction’s first cryptocurrency-based litigation. The action was commenced by the largest...

Anna Lau

May 16, 2018

彌償訟費-訴訟行為差劣的影響

在區域法院法官李樹旭最近頒發的判決書(Wang Ho Yin Patrick v Fu Chun Lung & Ors. [2018] HKDC 301)中，法庭再次向法律從業員強調良好訴訟行為的重要性。背景原告人發出傳票更改湯林命令(Tomlin...