Insights

Read our news and insights on legal issues in Hong Kong and internationally
Traineeships at Hugill & Ip 2048 1366 Hugill & Ip
  • Hugill & Ip

Traineeships at Hugill & Ip

A few team members discuss traineeships, what the firm expects from trainees and what trainees can expect during their two-years solicitor training

Language of dismissals: fired, sacked & the ruthless chicken 800 530 Adam Hugill

Language of dismissals: fired, sacked & the ruthless chicken

This Lunar New Year, don’t be distracted by the cute and cuddly rabbit, but be on the lookout instead for the ‘ruthless chicken’!

Helping Your Child to Buy a Home Upon Marriage 1200 640 Alfred Ip

Helping Your Child to Buy a Home Upon Marriage

Parents looking to provide financial assistance to help their children buy their first home get some insights on what legal arrangement is best for your family.

Civil Litigation Explained: What You Need to Know about Security for Costs 1920 700 Jonathan Gray

Civil Litigation Explained: What You Need to Know about Security for Costs

A Security for Costs order essentially protects the Defendant in case the Plaintiff loses the action and cannot afford to pay the Defendant’s legal costs

Podcast S4E4 | Family: The Adoption Process in Hong Kong 1600 583 Hugill & Ip
  • Hugill & Ip

Podcast S4E4 | Family: The Adoption Process in Hong Kong

Our family law team on key elements of adoption: criteria and procedures, difference between private and SWD adoption, and highlights of recent court cases.

Hugill & Ip Solicitors Recognized Again for Their Pro-bono and Community Work 1800 450 Hugill & Ip
  • Hugill & Ip

Hugill & Ip Solicitors Recognized Again for Their Pro-bono and Community Work

The Law Society of Hong Kong presented the 2022 Awards for the Pro-bono and Community Recognition Programme to the firm and nine of its solicitors: Hugill & Ip – Gold Law Firm Award Alfred Ip (Ip Woon Shun 葉煥信) – Individual Gold Award Raphael Wong – Individual Silver Award Adam Hugill – Individual Bronze Award…

US Pay Transparency Laws: Points to Note for Global Employers 900 602 Adam Hugill

US Pay Transparency Laws: Points to Note for Global Employers

In an effort to close racial, ethnic and gender wage gaps, the U.S. have passed new pay transparency laws that will require most employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings

Internships at Hugill & Ip 800 539 Hugill & Ip
  • Hugill & Ip

Internships at Hugill & Ip

A few team members discuss about the value of internships, what the firm expects from interns and what interns can expect during their four-weeks programme

Stamping Out Child Labour in Hong Kong: History and Progress 800 531 Hugill & Ip
  • Hugill & Ip

Stamping Out Child Labour in Hong Kong: History and Progress

Laws governing Child Labour have advanced substantially in the last 100 years, allowing children to be protected from the consequences of child exploitation

Virtual Shareholders’ Meetings – possible soon? 800 600 Christopher Hooley

Virtual Shareholders’ Meetings – possible soon?

Hong Kong Company laws might be soon changing to cater for virtual shareholders’ meetings – this is welcome news amidst the ongoing COVID pandemic, offering flexibility to corporate governance in Hong Kong

Notary Public
Notarization: A General Overview 1200 675 Alfred Ip

Notarization: A General Overview

A series of FAQs on the methods used to authenticate official documents which are referred to as notarization, apostille and legalisation

Mutual Wills: Ensuring Your Estate Passes to the Intended Beneficiaries 2048 1536 Leo Wang

Mutual Wills: Ensuring Your Estate Passes to the Intended Beneficiaries

Mutual Wills can be made between any two or more people who intend to bind each other to an estate plan. Whether they are the suitable tool for your own needs depends upon your circumstances.

Start typing
Privacy Preferences

When you visit our website, it may store information through your browser from specific services, usually in the form of cookies. Here you can change your Privacy preferences. It is worth noting that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our website and the services we are able to offer.

For performance and security reasons we use Cloudflare
required
Google Analytics tracking code disabled/enabled
Google Fonts disabled/enabled
Google Maps disabled/enabled
video embeds (e.g. YouTube) disabled/enabled
 
View our Privacy Policy
We don't eat shark fin but our website does use cookies, mainly for analytics and provision of content from other websites. Define your Privacy Preferences and agree to our use of cookies. Privacy Policy