For the first time the complete text of the new Ordinance is available together with an Introduction by the Companies Ordinance Rewrite Team highlighting the major changes and guiding principles.

This Liber Amicorum is a rare anthology: a dialogue between leading international arbitrators from around the world. It is a view from the arbitral bench and contains insights from the perspective of the arbitrator.

The book aims to provide practical guidance upon ensuring success when resolving commercial disputes. The objective recognises that success in commercial matters not only requires a knowledge of black letter commercial law (as well as all its intricacies), but a mastery of all those facets which make up commercial law practice. This book is relevant not only for the practitioner in the Commercial Court but to anyone involved in commercial litigation. It will also be a useful addition to the judge’s library.

The third edition of Tort Law in Hong Kong continues the aims of previous editions, not only to provide a study text for intending lawyers, but also to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive resource available for practitioners, academics and judges in the tort law topics under consideration. As with previous editions, the focus is very much on Hong Kong law, holding firm to the belief that the law must be studied and understood in a Hong Kong context, and within the judicial traditions according to which Hong Kong cases are decided and to which lawyers and prospective lawyers must become accustomed.

The third edition of Business Law in Hong Kong continues to build on the success of the first two editions proving to be a hugely popular text. It provides an overview of some basic themes relating to law and the legal system in Hong Kong. Individual chapters on subjects such as torts, contracts, company law, the legal systems of Hong Kong and mainland China and e-commerce give readers a sense of the business and social environment in which law operates.

The Employment Ordinance is the most important enactment in Hong Kong dealing with labour and employment conditions and terms of service. The Ordinance provides a basic floor of protections, benefits and entitlements.  All employees, regardless of the length of service, qualify for the basic entitlements and protections under the Ordinance. The Hong Kong Employment Ordinance provides a thorough analysis of the Ordinance with detailed commentary for each section. It presents a real-world approach in examining, understanding and applying the Ordinance in practice. The analysis and commentary are authoritatively supported with Hong Kong precedents, policy reasons, and cases from other jurisdictions and/or international conventions. The Hong Kong Employment Ordinance is an indispensable reference and guide for anyone who requires an understanding and insight on applications of the Employment Ordinance.

The Hong Kong Employment Ordinance: Collected Volume is an in-depth review and analysis to each section of these six key ordinances analysing key legislation, legal precedence and the guidelines set forth in them, for example the hiring and status of local and foreign employees, acceptable behavior in the workplace, protection from unjust termination, and more! The book provides a comprehensive guide and analysis in a simple and accessible collected volume. It provides immediate access to the latest legislation and judicial developments in regards to these ordinances with both academic and professional advice and analysis from our expert and experienced panel of annotators.

The use of offshore vehicles for international financial transactions is flourishing and is becoming more and more popular in the Asia Pacific region. The Fourth Edition of this landmark work Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands Company Law is an indispensable, practical guide to the laws of these important jurisdictions. The downturn in world economies has led to the insolvency and restructuring of many offshore entities bringing a new focus on the insolvency regimes in each jurisdiction with recent reported cases in Bermuda, BVI and the Cayman Islands. This new edition examines these major changes and provides updated analysis, commentary and template forms for a variety of actions as well as extracts of relevant regulations. The side-by-side comparison of these three jurisdictions is particularly useful for onshore practitioners or company secretaries.

Hong Kong has seen many changes to Employment Law over the past few years: the passing of the Race Discrimination Ordinance in 2009, the Employment (Amendment) Ordinance in 2010, and significant increases in case law. Employment Law is now one of the leading practice areas in law firms, with the new Minimum Wage Bill anticipated to significantly impact business of every kind in the near future.

China enacted an Anti-Monopoly Law in August 2008 that will affect many companies operating in China. There are heavy fines for infringements of the law and threats of negative exposure for those who don''t fully understand how the new laws operate.

This landmark work traces the development of WTO law from GATT to Doha. It sets out, in one complete and authoritative volume, the Organisation''s basic principles and their practical application in relation to trade in goods, services, agriculture and textiles.