Author: WS Clarke

Written by a team of experts, Hong Kong Civil Court Practice – Desk Edition 2020is a practitioner’s essential reference work intended for use by all members of the legal community. It outlines the Rules of the High Court with extensive commentary. It contains the Competition Tribunal Rule and the latest decisions of the Hong Kong courts are reflected in the updated and revised commentary.

Authors: Keith Hotten, Dennis Ho

Hong Kong Family Court Practice has become required reading for all levels of lawyers and judges who are engaged in family practice in Hong Kong.

Author: Andrew Mak

Law of Injunctions in Hong Kong provides in-depth coverage and definitive guidance on the subject of both interlocutory and final injunctions. It explains how and when to obtain, how to defend against injunction orders and any other ancillary options available. It includes precedents and forms, relevant rules and practice directions and selected statutory material.

Author: Denise L. Souza, Rowan McKenzie, Roberta Chan, Rashi Narayan, Orla Bingham, Karen Chan, Connie H.Y Lee

Butterworths Hong Kong Discrimination Law Handbook - Third Edition is a detailed work of reference containing up to date materials on the Sex Discrimination Ordinance (Cap 480), Disability Discrimination Ordinance (Cap 487), Family Status Discrimination Ordinance (Cap 527) and Race Discrimination Ordinance (Cap 602). This Handbook reproduces the text of the Ordinances and provides succinct and easy to read section-by-section annotations to the Ordinances together with all relevant subsidiary legislation.

Authors: Ian McWalters SC, Andrew Bruce SC

Bribery and Corruption is a detailed and expansive guide to bribery and corruption law in Hong Kong. The jurisprudence relating to the common law offence of misconduct in public office continues to grow as the offence is more frequently employed by prosecutors against abuses of their office by public officials. Recent case law which helps to define the parameters of the offence is discussed. In order to make the book a more practical tool for legal professionals, the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (Cap 201) and the Independent Commission Against Corruption Ordinance (Cap 204) are included.

Author: Gary Meggitt

Wilkinson's Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong - Desk Edition 2019 continues to incorporate the best of its previous editions, enhanced by recent developments introduced by legislation, numerous Law Society Circulars (and some Bar Circulars), Law Society and Judiciary Practice Directions, numerous cases from many relevant jurisdictions, and, most significantly, a new Bar Code (as of 20 July 2017). This new edition contains much new material, the most significant developments include annotations on the aforementioned new Bar Code, commentary on legal professional privilege, conflict of interest and money laundering. This title will prove indispensable to law students and Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination candidates.

Author: Simon Luk

Private Equity in Hong Kong and China aims to provide an overview of private equity investments by guiding readers through each stage of a transaction, from deal-structuring, deal-financing to exit strategies. Also included in this new edition are legislative changes with impact on private equity investments such as the new foreign investment law and data privacy regulations in China, compliance considerations after a private equity investment is made, and an update on the listing regimes in Hong Kong and the U.S. with an emphasis on SPACs.  Consistent with previous editions, we aim to make this title more than a mere textbook: Whilst its focus is on the laws of Hong Kong and the People’s Republic of China, this book contains brief discussions on offshore elements, such as the role played by offshore tax havens in the structuring of funds and investments.

Author: Dr Hans Mahncke

The Butterworths® Hong Kong Bankruptcy Law Handbook - Sixth Edition is an essential bankruptcy law reference, setting out the full text of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap 6), the most important piece of legislation pertaining to the administration of bankruptcy law in Hong Kong.

This Handbook presents the consolidated text of the Ordinance in a convenient and up-to-date form with section-by-section annotations. Annotations include references to cases assisting in the interpretation of each section, relevant rules of court, definitions of words and phrases, discussion on practical aspects of application and contentious issues. Hong Kong and UK cases, related legislation and other authoritative materials are identified and discussed in detail. All annotations are fully cross referenced with comprehensive tables of cases and legislation. The Handbook additionally reproduces all subsidiary legislation to the Ordinance currently in force.

This series has been cited, 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 Handbook will be indispensable to lawyers, government officials, banking institutions, businessmen, academics, students and others who are engaged or interested in the dynamic and ever-topical bankruptcy law and practice in Hong Kong.

Author: Lawrence Ma

"In 2011, when reviewing the second edition of "Equity and Trusts Law in Hong Kong", I wrote that the work was to be welcomed and would surely have a third edition. The appearance of this fourth edition further bears out that optimism."

- The Hon. William Gummow A.C. Non-Permanent Judge, Court of Final Appeal [Foreword to the Fourth Edition]

"This admirable work, ... continues to be an extremely useful treatise on equity and trusts to local practitioners and judges. It contains all the important topics in this area of the law, with elaborate exposition of the relevant concepts and principles, supported by cases decided in England, Australia, Hong Kong and other common law courts. It is comprehensively researched and presented in a clear and systematic way."           

 - Patrick Chan, Non Permanent Judge, Court of Final Appeal [Foreword to the Third Edition]