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Oct 16, 2025
Oct 16, 2025
Chambers 2026 UK guide ranks BCLP in 36 practice areas and recognises 76 individual lawyers
In the 2026 edition of Chambers UK BCLP received 36 practice area rankings and 76 individual lawyer recognitions. This year, the firm is recognized in six new practice areas and improved to a Band 1…
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Jul 31, 2025
Jul 31, 2025
HK Court refuses borrower’s challenge to enforcement of arbitral award in favour of moneylender
In CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987[1], Sir William Blair[2], sitting as Deputy High Court Judge in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”), rejected a borrower’s challenge to the enforcement of an…
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Jul 25, 2025
Jul 25, 2025
Yesterday in a landmark decision, Jardine Strategic Limited v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd and others, the Privy Council, on appeal from Bermuda’s Court of Appeal, has changed the law.
“The…
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Jul 22, 2025
Jul 22, 2025
On 11 July 2025, the Hong Kong Government gazetted the Construction Industry Security of Payment Rules (“Rules”)[1].
The Rules, made by the Chief Judge of the High Court under section 50 of the…
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Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025
HK court confirms jurisdiction of arbitral tribunal in Cayman-related dispute
In PI 1 and PI 2 v MR [1], the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) dismissed the plaintiffs’ application to set aside an arbitral tribunal’s decision that it did have jurisdiction to hear a…
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May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025
Fake legal authorities – AI hallucination or professional negligence?
Artificial intelligence (“AI”) has the potential to make significant changes to various aspects of the practice of law. It is possible that many lawyers will incorporate AI in doing legal work, one…
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Apr 29, 2025
Apr 29, 2025
Does “back to back” mean “pay when paid” in construction contracts?
In Sze Fung Engineering Limited v Trevi Construction Company Limited [2025] HKCA 278[1], the Hong Kong Court of Appeal (“CA”) ruled that the “back to back” wording in that case was not a “pay when…
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Apr 28, 2025
Apr 28, 2025
Does Without Prejudice Privilege apply to reports prepared by third parties?
The without prejudice (“WP”) rule generally prevents statements made in a genuine attempt to settle an existing dispute from being put before the court as evidence. Usually, these statements are made…
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Apr 28, 2025
Apr 28, 2025
Hong Kong Court makes security for costs order against Mainland parties with no assets in Hong Kong
In Y and Another v GI and Another [2025] HKCFI 1317[1], the Hong Kong Court of First Instance (“Court”) allowed the defendant’s application for security for costs against the plaintiffs in respect of…
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Mar 07, 2025
Mar 07, 2025
“Dividing Line” in Public Policy – Insolvency and Arbitration
A creditor commences winding-up proceedings against a debtor company on the basis that the company is insolvent. The petition debt relates to a dispute within the ambit of the arbitration agreement…
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