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Legal Professional Courses
Discussion on Recent Cases and Development on Trust Law (Ref: Turst1014)
Speakers:
Dr. William M.F. Wong Wong, Senior
Council,
Mr. Johnny Ma, barrister-at-law
Mr. Harry Liu, barrister-at-law
Des Voeux Chambers
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Date: 8 October 2014 (Wednesday) Fee: HK$1,200 CPD Points: 3 CPD points to be applied for
Time: 2:00pm to 5:15pm Level: Intermediate Language: English
Venue:
14/F.,
Fairmont House, 8
Cotton Tree Drive, Central, Hong Kong
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Speaker:
Dr. William Wong, Senior
Counsel, Des Voeux Chambers
William’s practice covers a wide spectrum of contentious
commercial litigation. He has a special focus and substantial experience in
the areas of company, insolvency and securities law. He has also given legal
opinion on various trust and probate matters. He was instructed to advise and
work on a number of substantial trusts litigation and related matters. He was
recently appointed as the non-executive director of the SFC.
Mr. Johnny Ma, barrister-at-law,
Des Voeux Chambers
Johnny
obtained his LLB from the University of Hong Kong in 1998 with first class
honour. After finishing his BCL in the University of Oxford and his
pupillage, he joined Chambers in 2001. He has a broad civil and commercial
practice, with a developing focus on Chancery matters in recent years.
Mr. Harry Liu, barrister-at-law,
Des Voeux Chambers
Harry
has a broad practice with a strong emphasis on commercial and property
litigation, involving matters in the areas of probate, trust, land, family,
companies, banking, securities, insolvency, market misconduct, insider
dealing and schemes of arrangement. Recently he has also appeared for trustees,
beneficiaries and protectors in matrimonial proceedings with an offshore
trust element.
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Course Outline:
1.
Discussion on recent cases, such as:-
l Kan Lai Kwan (“W”) v. Poon Lok To
Otto (“H”) and HSBC International Trustee Limited, FACV 20/2013, 17 July 2014
(discretionary trust fund as part of the financial resources in a divorce
case)
l Libertarian Investments Limited v
Thomas Alexej Hall (2013) 16 HKCFAR 681 (breach of fiduciary duty and the relief)
l Williams v. Central Bank of Nigeria
[2014] UKSC 10; [2014] 2 WLR 355 (applicability of limitation
period to claim against knowing recipient)
l FHR European Ventures LLP v Cedar
Capital Partners LLC [2014] UKSC 45 (UK Supreme Court, 16 July 2014)
(secret commission received by agent held on trust for principal; the UK
Supreme Court overruled contrary authority in Metropolitan Bank v Heiron
(1880) 5 Ex D 319 and Lister & Co v Stubbs [1886-90] All ER Rep 797 and
disapproved the decision of the House of Lords in Tyrrell v Bank of London
(1862) 10 HL Cas 26)
2.
Recent trust law developments in
the matrimonial context
3.
Recent trusts law developments in
the probate law context
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4.
General Powers of Settlors.
5.
Statutory Reserved Powers Settlors
6.
Trustees' powers and duties under
Common Law
7.
Trustees' Statutory Default Powers
8.
Entitlement of Receive Remuneration
9.
Scope of Authorised Investments
10.
Statutory Duty of Care
11.
Statutory control of exemption
clauses in relation to trustees acting in business or professional capacities
12.
Checks and balances in relation to
the Appointment of Agents, Nominees and Custodians
13.
Beneficiaries' Rights to trust
information
14.
Beneficiaries' Rights to appoint
and remove Trustees
15.
Provision Against Forced Heirship
Rules
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Course: Discussion on Recent Cases and Development
on Trust Law (Ref: Trust 1014)
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