Butterworths Hong Kong Statutory Interpretation Handbook - Fourth Edition
Authors: Andrew Mak, Margaret Tsau
The Hong Kong Statutory Interpretation Handbook - Fourth Edition examines the law of statutory interpretation in Hong Kong through commentary and detailed annotations to the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1).
Butterworths Hong Kong Statutory Interpretation Handbook - Fourth Edition is a comprehensive reference work containing, in the first part, a general examination of the law of statutory interpretation in Hong Kong and in the second part, up-to-date annotations to the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1). Presented in a concise and clear style, the sectional annotations encompass significant judicial decisions and rules of court, provide definitions of words and phrases and discuss practical aspects and contentious issues.
The Handbook series has been citied with authority in over one hundred court cases in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal. This title will serve as a valuable guide for legal practitioners, law students and all others who want to better understand how legislation is interpreted in Hong Kong.
Andrew Mak
Andrew practises mainly in commercial and property litigation. He has appeared regularly in trials and appeals in the High Court. Before 1997 he was led to appear in the Privy Council case of Silver Mountain Investments Ltd v Attorney General of Hong Kong [1994] 1 WLR 925. He is also active in international commercial arbitration both in Hong Kong and in Mainland PRC. He has sat as Chief Arbitrator in the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration. He is a member of panels of arbitrators, including the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), Shenzhen (SAIC), Panel of Arbitrators of SCIA Financial Arbitration Centre, Shanghai (SHIAC), Jinan Arbitration Commission, Tianjin Arbitration Commission, Nanjing Arbitration Commission and Malaysia (KLRCA). He is also a Chinese legal consultant of the PRC in Shanghai. His legal opinion has been accepted by the PRC courts. He gives lectures at the Peking University, the East China University of Politics and Law (formerly the St John University), and the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. His major professional works include “The Law of Injunction in Hong Kong” 2nd Ed, (2018), Conveyancing & Property Litigation in Hong Kong 2nd Ed (2019), Disciplinary & Regulatory Proceedings in Hong Kong, 3rd Ed, (2019). He is also contributor to Halsbury‘s Laws of Hong Kong Vol 1 Administrative Law, 2nd Ed (2014), Atkin's Court Forms Hong Kong (looseleaf) Administrative Law, Emden’s Construction Law in Hong Kong Chapter 10, Butterworths Hong Kong Building Law Handbook 4th Ed, Butterworths Hong Kong Statutory Interpretation Handbook (3rd Ed).
Margaret Tsau is a civil practitioner specialising in landlord and tenant, water leakage disputes and land matters. Before joining the Hong Kong Bar in 2012, she taught linguistics, in particular phonetics and phonology, at a tertiary level. She is the author of numerous legal publications on an array of topics such as arbitration, employment law, equity and trust, intellectual property and statutory interpretation.
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