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Hong Kong, 14 October 2022: Boase Cohen & Collins and Somerley Capital Holdings Limited are delighted to extend their sponsorship of Hong Kong’s all-Chinese development team, the CHK Dragons, for a further two years. Having commenced their support in 2019, the firms will continue to provide backing until the end of the 2023-24 season. The […]
Hong Kong, 12 October 2022: “Happiness is good health and a bad memory!” It’s a quote attributed to several famous figures, most notably Casablanca star Ingrid Bergman. The Hong Kong Tourism Board is banking on this being the case next year, hopefully with our city restored to full fitness and recollections of Covid-19 fading fast, […]
By Teddy Lam, Jennifer Lee and Stephanie Van Hong Kong, 7 October 2022: A high-profile court case in which a male employee successfully claimed unfair dismissal on the basis of gender discrimination provides salutary lessons for Hong Kong employers. The landmark judgment in Tan, Shaun Zhi Ming v Euromoney Institutional Investor (Jersey) Ltd DCEO 4/2017 […]
By Alex Liu Hong Kong, 5 October 2022: After decades of inaction, steps are finally being taken to get tough on citizens who dump unwanted vehicles on roadsides and in public parking spaces. The move follows a damning report by Hong Kong’s Ombudsman which lays bare ineffective government measures and the lack of legislation to […]
Hong Kong, 3 October 2022: Our latest guest on Law & More is Senior Counsel Wayne Walsh, whose sense of adventure has taken him from his native New Zealand to New York and Moscow and many places in between. After an outstanding career with Hong Kong’s Department of Justice, he is now in private practice […]
Hong Kong, 30 September 2022: We are delighted to welcome to the firm three new Trainee Solicitors – Cherie Kwan, Anne Young and Emily Kwan – maintaining our proud tradition of nurturing homegrown legal professionals. “At Boase Cohen & Collins, we have a track record of promoting local talent and providing young lawyers with a […]
By Arthur Chan Hong Kong, 29 September 2022: Ingenious fraudsters are continuing to cash in on Hong Kong’s anti-pandemic efforts, preying on the public’s fears about Covid-19 to find new ways of gaining illegal access to funds. Despite numerous warnings from the police, health officials and government departments, unfortunate citizens are still being duped on […]
Hong Kong, 28 September 2022: “Laugh, and the world laughs with you” goes the familiar saying. It is actually the opening line of Solitude, a verse penned in 1883 by prolific American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Well, if not quite the world, our former Chief Justice Geoffrey Ma certainly had a packed audience at the […]
Hong Kong, 26 September 2022: A large audience and a brilliant address by the former Chief Justice of Hong Kong, the Honourable Geoffrey Ma GBM KC SC, ensured the HKU-Boase Cohen & Collins Criminal Law Lecture made a triumphant return as an in-person event. In his talk, entitled “A Civil Practitioner Enters the World of […]
Hong Kong, 21 September 2022: Our Partner Alex Liu welcomed the chance to meet Ally Law colleagues old and new at the organisation’s EMEA Regional Meeting in Tel Aviv last week. Dozens of delegates from Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plus others from further afield, descended on the Israeli city for three days of […]
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By Alex Liu Hong Kong, 23 February 2026: In a significant High Court judgment, a Hong Kong biotech company has won its claim that former employees and close associates misappropriated confidential and proprietary information – in other words, trade secrets – to set up a rival business. In upholding the plaintiff’s action, the ruling highlighted […]
Hong Kong, 12 February 2026: Our Senior Partner Colin Cohen drew on his vast experience as one of Hong Kong’s leading criminal defence lawyers to deliver a compelling talk to the Rotary Club of Wanchai. In his presentation, entitled “In Defence of Murder”, Colin outlined the challenges facing a lawyer whose client is accused of […]
Hong Kong, 11 February 2026: Roaring Twenties icon Josephine Baker maintained a menagerie as exotic as her dancing. She kept a goat and pig in her Paris nightclub while various dogs and monkeys, plus a horse, tortoise, snake, parakeet and two goldfish, inhabited her palatial home. But her favourite was Chiquita the cheetah, who rode […]
By Arthur Chan and Jasmine Kwong Hong Kong, 6 February 2026: A defendant’s right to remain silent, a facet of the presumption of innocence that places the burden of proving guilt solely on the prosecution, has been reinforced in a significant judgment by the Court of Final Appeal. The ruling underscores that prosecuting counsel are […]
Hong Kong, 29 January 2026: Our Consultant John Zhou and Associate Jasmine Kwong were pleased to represent BC&C and hone their advocacy skills at the eighth annual HK45 x Alvarez & Marsal Cross-Examination Workshop. Held at the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC), it was the latest edition in a flagship programme designed to give […]
