Legal Professional Courses

UPDATE AND PRACTICAL TIPS ON BUILDING MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Speaker: Mr. Patrick Hui, Partner of Messrs. Kenneth Sit (Ref: BMI0314)

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Date: 28 March 2014 (Friday)                                       Fee: HK$1,200                    CPD Points: 3 CPD points

Time: 2:00pm to 5:15pm                                                 Level: Intermediate             Language: English

Venue: United Conference Centre, 10/F., United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

Course Objective:

The 3-hour seminar aims to provide the practitioners with update and practical tips on building management issues. Recent cases will also be discussed. 

Course Outline:  

Ø   Meetings

-       Incorporated Owners’ Meetings

-       Owners’ Meetings

-       Meetings of Management Committee

-       Meetings of Owners’ Committee

-       Owners’ Meeting to appoint Management Committee for the purpose of Incorporation

Ø   Powers and Duties of Manager

-       Appointment, Resignation and Removal Funds and Accounts

-       Powers and Duties

-       Liability to Owners

Ø   Powers and Duties of Incorporated Owners

-       Powers and Duties

-       Relationship between Management Committee and Incorporated Owners

-       Powers and Functions of Management Committee

Ø   Enforcement of Deed of Mutual Covenants

Ø   Jurisdiction Issues

Ø   Alternative Dispute Resolution

-       Mediation

-       Arbitration  

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RECENT STATUTORY CHANGES TO HONG KONG’S LAWS OF TRUST

Speaker: Mr. Steven Gallagher, Associate Professor in Practice of Law (Ref: TL0514)

Date: 23 May 2014 (Friday)       Fee: HK$1,200                   CPD Points: 3 CPD points

Time: 2:30pm to 5:45pm                 Level: Intermediate      Language: English

Venue: United Conference Centre, 10/F., United Centre, 95 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

Course Objective:

This three hour seminar will consider the changes to Hong Kong’s trust law that came into effect on 1^st December 2013.  On 1 December 2013 the Trust Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2013 amended the Trustee Ordinance (Cap.29) and the Perpetuities and Accumulations Ordinance (Cap. 257). Among the important amendments to Hong Kong’s trust law will be the introduction of a statutory duty of care for trustees, changes to the statutory powers of delegation of the trustee’s duties, the restriction of exclusion of liability clauses by trustees, and the abolition of the rule against perpetuities This seminar will consider the existing trust law in these areas and the effect of the statutory changes.

Course Outline:  

Ø   The introduction of a Statutory Duty of Care for trustees

Ø   Restrictions on forced heirship

Ø   Changes to Statutory Powers of Delegation

Ø   Professional trustees’ remuneration

Ø   Trustees’ power to insure trust property

Ø   the use of exclusion of liability clauses 

Ø   the power of beneficiaries to retire trustees and nominate new trustees:

Ø   The abolition of the rule against perpetuities;

Ø   The abolition of the rule against excessive accumulation of income; and,

Ø   The abolition of the rule against inalienability.

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For enrolment, please send a duly completed Application Form together with a cheque in the sum of  HK$1,200  to Legal Professional Courses Limited

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