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  • Conditional MT 103? No Siree!

    “Until that moment I hadn’t paid much attention to what he’d been eating. Now I saw he’d ordered the best thing in the house, this gorgeous, frothy confection of an earlier age. Who ever dreamed up the deviled egg? Who knew that a simple egg…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt is delighted to be shortlisted for Hong Kong National Firm of the Year by Chambers Asia Pacific 2015

    The Chambers Asia-Pacific 2015 rankings were recently published and in addition to achieving Band 1 rankings for Employment and Restructuring and Insolvency, Tanner De Witt has been nominated alongside five other firms for Hong Kong National Firm of the Year 2015. We are thrilled to be…Read More

  • Are Lawyers Hackers?

    Did a law firm infringe copyright and hack a website? Those were among the charges brought against the US law firm Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey, which specializes in intellectual property law, by a patient advocacy organization, Healthcare Advocates, Inc. The Harding firm had successfully…Read More

  • Legal update: Chinese domain names

    Has this happened to you? Someone calls and says he is the local affiliate of an accredited Chinese domain name registration agency. He tells you he noticed someone trying to register your company’s name as a ‘.com.cn’ and/or ‘.cn’ domain name with CNNIC (China Internet…Read More

  • Legal update: Aircraft Liens – The Oasis Judgment

    The word “lien” can be described in layman’s terms as a right, often arising by operation of law rather than under contract, to retain the property of another party until that other party pays his debts. The word also enjoys a second, rather more obscure,…Read More

  • Adverse Possession: Mind Your Property

    How is it possible that someone can end up rightfully possessing land by being a trespasser? Strange as it may be, this is possible under the centuries-old doctrine of adverse possession. Adverse possession allows someone to obtain a right to possess land by occupying it…Read More

  • Legal update: Adverse Costs Consequences in Discrimination Claims

    The recent decision of Chan Wai Ho v Civil Service Bureau shows an increasing and important trend in the court’s approach to ordering costs against unsuccessful parties in discrimination cases. Facts of the Case The above case of Chan Wai Ho v Civil Service Bureau…Read More

  • Tanner De Witt’s Employment and Restructuring and Insolvency teams ranked top in Hong Kong

    The results of the Chambers Asia-Pacific 2015 legal rankings guide have been published and our Employment and Restructuring and Insolvency teams have been ranked in Band 1. We publish highlights of the rankings below: Employment (Band 1) What the team is known for: Renowned for…Read More

  • Chinese New Year Office Opening Hours

    Hong Kong will celebrate Chinese New Year this week and our office will be closed Thursday 19th and Friday 20th February. We will reopen as usual on Monday 23rd February. Please see our Contact page for further details. The team at Tanner De Witt wishes…Read More

  • Supporting the Hong Kong Investment Funds Association

    Tanner De Witt members attended the first Hong Kong Investment Funds Association New Year Dinner for the asset management industry this month. Mark Side, Russell Bennett, Jeff Lane, and Edmond Leung were joined by guests this February 2015.

  • Legal update: Visa requirements for US citizens taking evidence in Hong Kong

    Hong Kong residents are sometimes asked to provide witness statements or depositions for use in the United States and attorneys from the United States may travel to Hong Kong to take such statements or depositions for use in proceedings in the United States. Generally, a…Read More

  • Accumulators and Lehman Brothers Minibonds: Know the products, know your rights

    Recently there has been a lot of discussion among legislators, regulators and investors concerning the mis-selling of accumulators and Lehman Brothers Minibonds. Since the fall of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, many investors, be they individual or institutional, have suffered huge losses from their investments,…Read More