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Hong Kong: Paternity leave laws in force from 27 February 2015
The Hong Kong Legislative Council has finally introduced laws to entitle private sector male employees to paternity leave. From 27 February 2015, …
Hong Kong: Amendments to the Labour Tribunal Ordinance – Security for awards and orders
The Administration of Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance 2014 (the "Ordinance") was gazetted and came into effect on 24 December 2014. …
Recent Developments in India-related international arbitration
Herbert Smith Freehills has issued the latest edition of its Indian international arbitration e-bulletin. This issue considers a number of interesting …
The New Frontier: Singapore launches the Singapore International Commercial Court offering a new forum for dispute resolution in Singapore
At the Opening of Legal Year 2015 on 5 January, the Singapore International Commercial Court ("SICC") was officially launched by the Chief Justice of …
Privy Council deals with Jurisdictional Clauses in Trusts
Crociani & O'rs v Crociani & O'rs & Camilla de Bourbon des deux Siciles [2014] UKPC 40 Background The case arose from proceedings commenced …
Property tycoon and former Chief Secretary jailed in Hong Kong's highest-level corruption trial
Thomas Kwok, chairman of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Rafael Hui Si-yan, former Government number two, and two businessmen have been found guilty and …
Hong Kong: Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014 in force and Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Ordinance 2014 delayed
The Sex Discrimination (Amendment) Ordinance 2014—Ordinance No. 19 of 2014 came into force on 12 December 2014. The amended ordinance can be found here. …
Singapore International Mediation Centre is launched, offering parties an “Arb-Med-Arb” process in partnership with SIAC
The Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC) was officially launched on 5 November 2014. Set up following the recommendations of a Working Group …
Singapore: Recent developments in the enforcement of Dispute Board decisions
Dispute Boards are a form of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) which are becoming increasingly common on large and complex projects across the Asia …
New EU jurisdiction rules apply from 10 January: what does it mean for non-EU domiciled parties?
New EU rules on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments will apply to proceedings commenced from 10 January 2015, in the form of the recast …
Labour Tribunal's exclusive jurisdiction averted by separate commission agreement
A recent Hong Kong case has highlighted the important point that the Labour Tribunal's exclusive jurisdiction does not extend to dealing with matters …
English High Court upholds disclosure order regarding interests of a beneficiary under discretionary trusts
In JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenniy Bank and Another v Sergei Viktorovich Pugachev and Others [2014] EWHC 3547 (Ch), the English High Court upheld a …
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