HKLRD 2011 Feb Part 1 Loaded to Westlaw HK

The following cases from The Authorised Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest (HKLRD) service are now available on Westlaw HK:

• Mak Ka Hing v Pang Ming Chung, [2011] 1 HKLRD 347, CACV 215/2002, 28-Nov-03
• Ubamaka v Secretary for Security, [2011] 1 HKLRD 359, CACV 138/2009, 19-Nov-10
• Ageas Insurance Co (Asia) Ltd v Lam Hau Wah Inneo, [2011] 1 HKLRD 422, CACV 86/2010, 10-Dec-10
• Re Man Sham Chung Wui, [2011] 1 HKLRD 427, CACV 39/2010, 13-Dec-10
• HKSAR v Tang Zhuyan, [2011] 1 HKLRD 447, CACC 223/2010, 14-Dec-10
• Re Estate of Cheung Hung, [2011] 1 HKLRD 455, HCAG 12943/2009, 15-Dec-10
• Midland Business Management Ltd v Lo Man Kui, [2011] 1 HKLRD 470, HCA 1599/2010, 20-Dec-10
• Falcon Insurance Co (Hong Kong) Ltd v Flagship Underwriting Management Ltd, [2011] 1 HKLRD 489, HCA 312/2010, 22-Dec-10
• 香港特別行政區 訴 僑景實業有限公司, [2011] 1 HKLRD 496, HCMA 6/2010, 2010年3月10日
• HKSAR v Kindview Industrial Ltd, [2011] 1 HKLRD 501, HCMA 6/2010, 10-Mar-10
• 鄧秋悅 訴 傅劍波, [2011] 1 HKLRD 509, DCEC 28/2008, 2010年4月9日
• Tang Chau Yuet v Fu Kin Po, [2011] 1 HKLRD 519, DCEC 28/2008, 9-Apr-10

To access these cases please click on the citation (login to Westlaw HK with your username and password for seamless access).

HKLRD 2011 Jan Part 2 is now on Westlaw HK

The following cases from The Authorised Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest (HKLRD) service are now available on Westlaw HK:

• HKSAR v Wong Hung Ki, [2011] 1 HKLRD 183, CACC 424/2008, 11-May-10
• Parshad v Chit Hing Construction Engineering, [2011] 1 HKLRD 217, HCPI 604/2008, 17-Nov-10
• Hui Chi Ming v Koon Wing Yee, [2011] 1 HKLRD 260, HCA 1479/2009, 25-Nov-10
• Lion Capital LLP v Registrar of Trade Marks, [2011] 1 HKLRD 272, HCMP 192/2008, 26-Nov-10
• Secretary for Justice v Coroner, [2011] 1 HKLRD 283, HCMP 690/2009, 2-Dec-10
• Lim Jonathan v She Wai Hung, [2011] 1 HKLRD 305, HCA 391/2010, 6-Dec-10
• Do Ye Tong Doreen v Wai Hei Wan Wesley, [2011] 1 HKLRD 318, CACV 124/2010, 7-Dec-10
• 證券及期貨事務監察委員會 訴 鍾偉華, [2011] 1 HKLRD 325, HCMA 779/2009, 2010年5月7日
• Securities and Futures Commission v Chung Wai Wah, [2011] 1 HKLRD 330, HCMA 779/2009, 7-May-10
• 香港特別行政區 訴 李天生, [2011] 1 HKLRD 337, CACC 271/2009, 2010年6月30日
• HKSAR v Lei Tin Seng, [2011] 1 HKLRD 341, CACC 271/2009, 30-Jun-10
• Fok Chun Wa v Hospital Authority, [2011] 1 HKLRD A1, CACV 30/2009, 10-May-10
• Yao Man Fai George v Director of Social Welfare, [2011] 1 HKLRD A2, HCAL 69/2009, 21-Jun-10
• Deacons v Stanley Wu Chen Kuo, [2011] 1 HKLRD A3, DCCJ 1133/2010, 16-Jul-10
• HKSAR v Cheung Chi Wang, [2011] 1 HKLRD A4, HCMA 1021/2009, 30-Jul-10
• Secretary for Justice v Yu Yat Sang, [2011] 1 HKLRD A5, CAAR 2/2010, 23-Jul-10

To access these cases please click on the citation (login to Westlaw HK with your username and password for seamless access).

Happy New Year from Westlaw HK!

Westlaw HK would like to wish the Hong Kong legal profession a very Happy New Year and best wishes for a prosperous 2011!

2010 saw a lot of enhancements to Westlaw HK following its initial launch including:

• A new citator service with new easy to use icons, enhanced history and more case cross-referencing
• New browse functionality
• Addition of comprehensive PDF coverage for HKLRD and HKCFAR back to 1905 (The largest collection available!)
• Addition of The Law & Practice of Hong Kong Companies (Online Book)
• Addition of Chitty on Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts (Online Book)
• Addition of Competition Law in China and Hong Kong (Online Book)
• Addition of Employment Law & Practice in China (Online Book)
• Addition of Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong  to core Westlaw HK Subscription (Online Book)
• Addition of UK Annotated Statutes as an add-on subscription
• Simplified Historical law searching and browsing back to 1997
• Simpler Alerts
• iPad, iPhone and Blackberry all supported
• Integration of Hong Kong, China, Regional and International News to the Hong Kong subscription
• Increase of UK journals coverage to 110 full text journals
• Addition of further UK law report series
• Addition of Hansard to UK Current Awareness

Add to this some of the fantastic UK commentary resources we made available on Westlaw HK including:

• The Common Law Library
• UK Civil Procedure Commentary (inc. The White Book & Bullen Leake & Jacobs Precedents of Pleadings)
• UK Corporate Business Commentary (inc. Palmer’s Company Law)
• UK Crime Commentary (inc. Archbold)
• UK Insolvency Commnentary (inc. Totty & Moss and Sealy & Milman)
• UK Intellectual Property Commentary (inc. Terrell on the Law of Patents, Copinger & Skone James on Copyright and Kerly on the Law of Trade Marks & Trade Names)
• UK International Commercial Aribtration (inc. Redfern & Hunter)
• UK Landlord and Tenant (inc. Woodfall)

 

We also have a lot in store for Westlaw HK in 2011 which we hope will help you to achieve your goals.

These enhancements will include (amongst other things):

• The addition of the full coverage of the Authorised Hong Kong Chinese Law Reports with Translations (HKCLRT) including PDFs to Westlaw HK’s Hong Kong Law Reports Database.
• All the Authorised Hong Kong Law Reports & Digest cases in 2011
• All the Authorised Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports cases in 2011
• Comprehensive unreported judgments coverage.
• Hong Kong Civil Procedure (The Hong Kong White Book) 2011
• 3 Volumes of the Hong Kong Law Journal
• Plus much more…

Plus we have received some fantastic feedback from users of the new Westlaw HK and we are really pleased to know that legal research did get easier with the new Westlaw HK!

We are also taking on board customer suggestions for future enhancements so would like to thank those people who have fed back some suggestions.

So keep an eye on the blog and your Westlaw Edge emails for more details on our future developments

All our best wishes for a prosperous 2011!

The Westlaw HK Team

www.westlaw.com.hk

HKCFAR 2010 Part 1 Loaded to Westlaw HK

The following cases from The Authorised Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports (HKCFAR) service are now available on Westlaw HK:

• B v Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, (2010) 13 HKCFAR 1, FACC 6/2009, 28-Jan-10
• DLA Piper Hong Kong v China Property Development (Holdings) Ltd, (2010) 13 HKCFAR 14, FAMP 2/2010, 29-Jan-10
• Mohammad Mahabobur Rahman v HKSAR, (2010) 13 HKCFAR 20, FACC 9/2009, 11-Feb-10
• Kissel v HKSAR, (2010) 13 HKCFAR 27, FACC 2/2009, 11-Feb-10
• Ko Man Chun v HKSAR, (2010) 13 HKCFAR 123, FACC 8/2009, 10-Mar-10
• Re Farewell Sitting for the Honourable Mr Justice Andrew Li CJ, (2010) 13 HKCFAR 128, 16-Jul-10

To access these cases please click on the citation (login to Westlaw HK with your username and password for seamless access).

New Commentary: Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong

We are pleased to announce that a new commentary title has been added to Westlaw HK!

 

PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE IN HONG KONG, 2ND EDITION

 

The second edition of the leading work Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong provides a comprehensive explanation of the nature and operation of Hong Kong’s procedural rules. Over 2,000 new cases have been considered in publishing the second edition.

 

Civil Justice Reform become effective in Hong Kong in early 2009. Practitioners need to adapt now to a very different litigation landscape, in particular how to best utilise the changes for the benefit of clients. Meeting this need, the second edition of Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong contains initial and extensive consideration of the changes. Discussion of more fundamental changes, for example, pre-action disclosure and the new payment into court regime has been placed in text boxes for ease of use.

 Features of this title online are:

• Simple free text search
• Advanced search including search for cases cited in the commentary
• Browse functionality
• Table of contents
• Table of cases
• Table of legislation
• Index
• Chapter PDFs
• Print Save
• Email Links to Hong Kong and UK Cases and Legislation

 

HOW DO YOU ACCESS THIS NEW CONTENT?

From the New Westlaw HK Homepage:

• Click on commentary.
• In the browse section under ‘Hong Kong Titles’ click on ‘Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong’.
• This will take you to the browse for the book. At this screen you can search throughout the entire book, or continue to browse to specific sections in the Table of Contents.
  

  Principles & Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong

• Book functionality including the index and the tables of cases and legislation have been replicated online but enhanced with links directly to content and primary law resources cited in the text, speeding up your cross referencing.
• The ‘Recent’ feature in the new Westlaw HK allows you to quickly switch from primary law to the analytical material in Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong, avoiding the need to have several printed resources open on your desk.

 

Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong - Document Display

 

WESTLAW HK – THE ONLY SOURCE FOR ONLINE CIVIL PROCEDURE

With the addition of this new practical civil procedure content to your Westlaw HK subscription, we are the only publisher to deliver both the authority of the most well respected court book in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Civil Procedure (Hong Kong White Book)) and the practice focused practitioner text (Principles & Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong), ensuring that Westlaw HK is the only source for online civil procedure in Hong Kong.

The New Westlaw HK: Legal Research Just Got Easier…but how?

In this video, some Westlaw HK customers explain how the new Westlaw HK is already making a difference to their legal research and practice efficiency and how it is starting to help the legal profession deliver “confident and succint advice” to its clients.

Contact us today to request a trial of the New Westlaw HK

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HKCFAR: Part 4 Loaded to Westlaw HK

The following cases from The Authorised Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Reports (HKCFAR) service are now available on Westlaw HK:

• Akai Holdings Ltd v Ernst & Young, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 649, FACV 28/2008, 24-Feb-09
• Yu Yu Kai v Chan Chi Keung, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 705, FACV 11/2008, 2-Mar-09
• Ming An Insurance Co (HK) Ltd v Ritz-Carlton Ltd (No 2), (2009) 12 HKCFAR 745, FACV 21/2008, 9-Mar-09
• Leung Wai Lun v HKSAR, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 754, FAMC 40/2003, 26-Mar-09
• To Shu Fai v Securities & Futures Commission, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 758, FACC 3/2008, 26-Mar-09
• Chan Fat Chu Raymond v HKSAR, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 775, FACC 7/2008, 26-Mar-09
• Robert Yip v Wing Fai Construction Co Ltd, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 800, FACV 24/2008, 12-May-09
• Re Ping An Securities Ltd, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 808, FACV 26/2008, 12-May-09
• Kao, Lee & Yip v Donald Koo Hoi Yan, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 830, FACV 27/2007, 25-Jun-09
• Yeung Chun Pong v Secretary for Justice, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 867, FACC 8/2008, 25-Jun-09
• Wong Hon Sun v HKSAR, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 877, FACC 1/2009, 24-Jul-09
• Donald Koo Hoi Yan v Kao Lee & Yip, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 904, FACV 27/2007, 14-Sep-09
• Onway Engineering Ltd v Shun Wing Construction & Engineering Co Ltd, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 916, FAMV 18/2009, 14-Sep-09
• Leung Ka Lau v Hospital Authority, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 924, FACV 22 and 23/2008, 20-Oct-09
• Lau Luen Hung Thomas v Insider Dealing Tribunal, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 955, FAMV 46/2009, 4-Dec-09
• Pasa Danaville Dizon v HKSAR, (2009) 12 HKCFAR 960, FAMP 2/2009, 17-Dec-09

To access these cases please click on the HKCFAR citation

BOOKS ONLINE: New UK Practice Area Commentary on Westlaw HK

We are pleased to announce that we have added a series of UK Practice Area Commentary titles to Westlaw HK.  The addition of these titles can help you to extend the reach of your online legal research by interlinking the case law and legislation to the analytical materials in which they are cited.  No longer do you need to switch from book to book, with Westlaw HK you can now link directly in between the primary law and the analytical text.  Our intuitive and easy to use new functionality also allows you to quickly and easily return to previous documents you have viewed within the same research session, making legal research even easier.

Packages now available include:

Intellectual Property

• Copinger & Skone James on Copyright
• Kerly’s Law of Trade Marks and Trade Names
• Terrell on the Law of Patents

Civil Procedure

• Bullen, Leake and Jacobs Precedents of Pleadings
• Civil Procedure (The White Book)

Criminal

• Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice
• Current Sentencing Practice (including Current Sentencing Referencer)
• Renton and Brown: Criminal Procedure
• Renton and Brown: Criminal Procedure Legislation

Company Law

• Palmer’s Company Law
• Totty & Moss on Insolvency

Insolvency

• Totty & Moss on Insolvency
• Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation

International Arbitration

• Redfern & Hunter on International Arbitration

Landlord & Tenant

• Woodfall: Landlord and Tenant

 

Specific individual titles are also available as add-ons.  These include:

• C.I.P.A. Guide to the Patents Acts
• Sealy & Milman: Annotated Guide to Insolvency Legislation

 

DOWNLOAD A FACTSHEET

 UK Practice Area Commentary Factsheet

 

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or visit www.westlaw.com.hk and visit the Commentary section.

Westlaw HK: “A Must Have” for Solicitors in Hong Kong

The New Westlaw HK is now available and Legal Research Just Got Easier

Alfred Ip, Partner at Hong Kong Law Firm, Oldham Li & Nie, explains why for him, it is a must have to advise his clients properly.

Note: this video was published in an earlier blog story but we understand the format of the video was not viewable by all users, so we have published this on the Westlaw HK YouTube Channel to make it more accessible.  View the original story here.

Visit the Westlaw HK YouTube Channel

Find out More about Westlaw HK by visiting www.westlaw.com.hk

The New Westlaw HK: What Are Our Customers Saying?

The New Westlaw HK is being rolled-out to our existing subscribers and we are receiving some great feedback.  So you don’t have to take our word for it, our customers are happy to tell Hong Kong how good they think it is. 

Watch this video of Alfred Ip, Partner, Oldham Li & Nie, and see what he thinks of the new Westlaw HK

Alfred Ip talks about the new Westlaw HK

Find our more about the New Westlaw HK at www.westlaw.com.hk.