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  • Proud sponsor of Discovery Bay FC at the HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens

    Tanner De Witt is pleased to sponsor Discovery Bay FC at the HKFC Citi Soccer Sevens this year – good luck to the players this weekend! For more details on this event which will be held Friday 26 to Sunday 28 May 2017 please click…Read More

  • Legal update: increase of Statutory Minimum Wage effective 1 May 2017

    Employment Update (May 2017) Increase of Statutory Minimum Wage Effective from 1 May 2017, the rate of Statutory Minimum Wage has been raised to HK$34.50 per hour.  The monetary cap on the requirement of employers recording the total number of hours worked by employees has…Read More

  • Legal update: Government resubmits proposal for Labour Tribunal to order compulsory re-instatement or re-engagement of unlawfully dismissed employees

    Employment Update (May 2017) On 5 May 2017 the Government published in the Gazette the Employment (Amendment) Bill 2017, which is to be introduced into the Legislative Council for first and second readings on 17 May 2017.   This resubmits, with minor amendments, the proposal set…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt welcomes a new family lawyer and congratulates two on qualification

    Press Release, May 12 2017 Tanner De Witt is pleased to welcome Adrian Au to the Family and Private Client Practice led by Partner Mark Side. Adrian holds a Bachelor of Arts from Hong Kong University, a LLB from Manchester University in the United Kingdom…Read More

  • Jeff Lane participates in OffshoreAlert Conference in Miami 2017

    Tanner De Witt Partner Jeff Lane participated in the panel session “Strategies to Obtain Information in Offshore Jurisdictions” at the OffshoreAlert Miami Conference on Monday 1 May 2017. Sitting with him were Stephen Baker (Senior Partner, Baker & Partners, Jersey), Yves Klein (Partner, Monfrini Crettol…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt proud to sponsor Hong Kong Inter-School Mock Trial Championship 2017

    We are delighted to support the Hong Kong Inter-School Mock Trial Championship 2017 which will be held at Hong Kong University this weekend, Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April. The Hong Kong Inter-School Mock Trial Championship (“HKISMTC”), established in 2013, is run by non-profit organisation…Read More

  • Supporting Po Leung Kuk with HKRU

    The Hong Kong Mini Rugby Football Union (HKMRFU) arranged for their committee meeting to be held this month at Po Leung Kuk where 50 mini rugby balls were distributed to the children. See more information about Tanner De Witt’s support of the mini rugby community…Read More

  • And then there were none – Agatha Christie TRAILER

    Here is a sneak preview of the Agatha Christie play sponsored by Tanner De Witt showing at the end of the month in Hong Kong. 10 strangers are enticed to a secluded island. One by one they are accused of murder. One by one they…Read More

  • Happy Easter 2017!

    The team at Tanner De Witt wishes you a Happy Easter… Our offices will be closed for the Easter Holiday on Friday 14 April and Monday 17 April. Please contact us here.

  • Tanner De Witt’s community involvement featured in SCMP

    Variety is the spice of life Skyfall actor Javier Bardem represented Spain’s national under-21s as a flanker and a prop forward and once opined: “I’ve always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.” A quick wander around the water…Read More

  • The “no consent” letter regime. Protecting victims of internet fraud by ‘freezing’ the propriety rights of bank account holders.

    On occasions public interest demands that the propriety rights in bank accounts are fettered to prevent criminals from dissipating proceeds of crime to the detriment of the victims. Internet fraud is rife.  To protect and recover money lost to fraud, victims can apply to a…Read More

  • SCMP: How the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens changed my life

    Rowan Varty Hong Kong sevens team professional player. In many ways my life would not be the same. My parents brought my sister, Lindsay, and I to the Sevens every year, and it was watching the mini rugby that made me want to play rugby….Read More