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All You Need to Know about Compulsory Sales 1200 675 Alfred Ip

All You Need to Know about Compulsory Sales

This Q&A answers some frequently asked questions that individual owners have when they face such an application

Reporting child abuse 800 533 Hugill & Ip
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Reporting child abuse

The article co-written by Azan Marwah and Billy Wong is part of The Shield of Justice campaign, which will run until December 2022 in support of Hong Kong Committee on Children’s Rights

Phase 2 of the New Inspection Regime Comes Into Effect Today 600 400 Jade Tang

Phase 2 of the New Inspection Regime Comes Into Effect Today

Phase 2 of the new inspection regime of the register of the Companies Registry come into effect on 24 October 2022, allowing Hong Kong companies to limit disclosure to the general public certain personal information of their directors and secretaries

Developing an Estate Plan for the Protection of Children with Special Needs 1200 725 Alfred Ip

Developing an Estate Plan for the Protection of Children with Special Needs

Estate and wealth planning is key for everyone, however families with children affected by disabilities must pay extra attention when making such plans.

Podcast S4E3 | Contentious Trusts & Estates: Family Disputes Involving Companies 1920 700 Alfred Ip

Podcast S4E3 | Contentious Trusts & Estates: Family Disputes Involving Companies

How family businesses and asset-holding companies can add complexity to family wealth disputes. Common scenarios and some of tips on how to best avoid them.

Plans to rejuvenate Hong Kong must include a focus on child rights 800 533 Hugill & Ip
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Plans to rejuvenate Hong Kong must include a focus on child rights

Readers urge the government to address the needs of the city’s children who have been adversely affected by the 2019 unrest and the pandemic, discuss the mental health toll of China’s zero-Covid policy on the youth, and argue that Hong Kong NGOs should focus on the local elderly

References – Cautionary Tales for Employers 1200 810 Adam Hugill

References – Cautionary Tales for Employers

Requesting references for prospective employers is common practice: what do you need to know when requesting or providing references?

Relocating Children Internationally 800 600 Hugill & Ip
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Relocating Children Internationally

What happens when a separated or divorced parent wants to leave with the child, while the other parent wants to stay in Hong Kong, and wants the child to stay here with them?

M&A: A Quick Look Into Due Diligence 1600 1131 Hugill & Ip
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M&A: A Quick Look Into Due Diligence

Due diligence remains an essential exercise during or prior to any potential transaction. Not only does it provide a clearer picture of how a target company operates, but it also determines the commerciality of the potential transaction, as well as providing points for negotiation between the parties. There are a wide range of areas to be considered by parties – this article highlights the more common and significant areas to be considered by potential purchasers and sellers in due diligence.

Civil Litigation Explained: Injunctions 1600 583 Jonathan Gray

Civil Litigation Explained: Injunctions

Injunctions are equitable remedies. Accordingly, applicants are required to act without undue delay to preserve their rights. They must also act reasonably and conscionably.

SCMP | Coronavirus: ‘consider children’s growth,’ concern group urges Hong Kong officials after parents complain about extending vaccine pass to those as young as 5 800 517 Hugill & Ip
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SCMP | Coronavirus: ‘consider children’s growth,’ concern group urges Hong Kong officials after parents complain about extending vaccine pass to those as young as 5

HKCCR received more than 1,600 messages over weekend from parents worrying about restricted access citywide for young ones – Group warns that children from smaller homes or with special needs will be most affected if they cannot attend activities at public venues

Forced marriage – children in Hong Kong at risk, urgent action needed! 800 534 Hugill & Ip
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Forced marriage – children in Hong Kong at risk, urgent action needed!

As Hong Kong considers legal reforms for child protection, and possibly human trafficking, we must ensure they will also eradicate forced marriage

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