Legal Archive

 :: Carrie v Tolkien (15 January 2009): "The claimant was at pains to point out that people on blogs very often assume a persona different from their own and this does not necessarily imply any intention to deceive"

 :: Mirza v Mirza (7 January 2009): "The family is now deeply fractured, with brother making allegations against brother, husband against (now former) wife, father against child, uncle against nephew and niece, and vice versa. As if this were not enough, a number of those allegations are of criminal activity, including tax evasion, social security fraud, domestic violence, dishonesty and drug smuggling, not all of which I can avoid having to consider during the course of my ruling."

 :: Super Strategy Investments Limited v Kao, Lee & Yip (6 January 2009): Under Section 56(3) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, a fee agreement must be in writing and no such agreement existed between the defendant and the owners.

 :: REM Assets Limited v MIR Investments Limited (5 January 2009): "The excuse has been proffered that the plaintiff's solicitors were acting for other people who have other claims. That is totally irrelevant as far as this case is concerned. If the solicitors have too much work they should not have taken on that much work."

 :: Modica v Dr. Wilcox (30 December 2008): Woman patient accused doctor of "gross treble negligence" and "the biggest Wantonly act of tom-foolery monkey-business ever imaginable"

 :: FG Hemisphere Associates LLC v Democratic Republic of the Congo (12 December 2008): The Hon Reyes J (in chambers) explained "absolute" and "restrictive" sovereign immunity under Hong Kong public international law.

 :: Starbucks Corp. v Lords & Ors (10 December 2008): "Have you been convicted of a crime in the last seven years?"

 :: HKSAR v Tin's Label Factory Limited (10 December 2008): What happens when a judge gave an oral ruling (allowing an appeal), forgot what he said seven months later, gave an opposite written judgment (dismissing the appeal), reminded by counsel, changed his mind again and gave a second written judgment (allowing the appeal)?

 :: Lee Hsien Loong v Singapore Democratic Party and Ors (27 November 2008): Singapore Court not amused by "Kangaroo" T-shirts!

 :: O'Bryan & Ors v Holy See (24 November 2008): The United States court of appeals for the sixth circuit kept alive the class action against the "Holy See" (sancta sedes), the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome (better known as "the Pope") and the "preeminent episcopal see" of the Roman Catholic Church.

 :: In the Matter of the Honorable Elizabeth Halverson (17 November 2008): ""Our findings and conclusions cover a period of time that only included the first few months of Judge Halverson's mercifully short tenure as a judge." .

 :: Baryluk v Campbell & Ors (30 October 2008):"Apart from the impropriety of attempting to be both witness and counsel, the allegations being advanced in this action against three respected members of this Court and indirectly against at least fifteen other judges, constitute, in my view, a scurrilous attack on the administration of justice by a member of the bar.?h".

 :: Chambers v God (14 October 2008):"...there's more important things that can be done by members of our legislature than frivolous things like this.".

 :: Ormsby v Chief Inspector of Strathclyde Police (10 October 2008): The pursuer was a police officer injured by a large pineapple thrown from the crowd during an "anti-police demonstration" at Govanhill Baths.

 :: R v Height and Anderson (7 October 2008) The appellants were sentenced by the Crown Court at Nottingham to life imprisonment with a minimum specified term of 24 years and 22 years respectively for murdering the 2nd appellant's wife.

 :: HKSAR v Kissel (6 October 2008)The appellant was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering her husband, a Merrill Lynch banker in Hong Kong and appealed against the conviction.

 :: Wai Yin Hin v Wong Po Kit (2 October 2008) The plaintiff, a 41 years old solicitor at the time, claimed damages for personal injuries suffered during a kendo (剣道, a Japanese martial art) class taught and supervised by the defendant.

 ::  HKSAR v. Chan Yuet Ching (22 September 2008): The Appellant appealed against his conviction after trial in the Magistracy, on two counts of "acting as a member of triad society", contrary to section 20(2) of the Hong Kong Societies Ordinance.

 ::  HKSAR v Rahman & Ors (2 September 2008): "Deep down inside this gargantuan case, there is a beating heart and it might be sketchily described in this way. Chau Ching Ngai (周正毅) was a Shanghai businessman who, in 2002, made everybody believe that he was rich, well-connected and honest. Of these, we can be sure that he was not honest. Indeed, nobody suggests otherwise."

 ::  Mosley v News Group Newspapers Limited (24 July 2008): "It would hardly be appropriate to clutter up the courts with cases of spanking between consenting adults taking place in private property and without disturbing the neighbours."
Eady J injected "proportionality" in a judgment which could have a profound effect on the "tabloid and celebrity culture to which we have become accustomed in recent years".

 ::  Ewing v News International Ltd & Ors (22 July 2008): Coulson J disposed with commendable patience an application by a 'vexatious litigant of the most enthusiastic kind' who was described as long ago as 1991 by another judge as an 'experienced and well informed litigant'.

 ::  Tam Mei Kam v HSBC International Trustee Limited (16 June 2008): “Mui Yim-fong, also known as Anita Mui, needs no introduction in Hong Kong.”

 ::  Howell v Millais (4 July 2007): “There is no disguising the regrettable features of this case.”

 :: A 1297 original 'engrossment' of the Magna Carta was auctioned off at New York Sotheby's on 18 December 2007 for USD21.3 million.

 :: 20 November 1997. The Hong Kong's securities and futures commission authorised the sale of the first Islamic fund to retail investors in Hong Kong.

 :: The American Association for Justice (AAJ) was reported to have filed a lawsuit against The American Trial Lawyers Association (TheATLA) on 15 November 2007 in the US District Court (Minnesota) (Case No. 0:2007cv04626).

 :: Ever wonder how much UK judges are paid?

 :: Oriental Centre Investments Ltd & Anor v Societe Generale: In a robust judgment, the Singapore Court of Appeal rejected the appellants' argument that alleged pre-contractual representations could override express terms of dealing between the parties, including non-reliance clauses and disclaimers.

 ::  Massai Aviation Services v A-G of Bahamas
Privy council's judgement on maintenance and champerty.

 :: Tang Siu For v Tao Chi Shing (29 January 2007): His jurisdiction is of a local nature. It covers a specific area or village. He is the guardian god of his own area or village".

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