Legal Professional Courses

Discussion on Recent Cases and Development on Trust Law
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Speaker: Dr. William M.F. Wong, Senior Council
                Mr. Johnny Ma, Barrister-at-law
                Mr. Harry Liu, Barrister-at-law,  Des Voeux Chambers

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

Course Outline:                      

1. Discussion on recent cases, such case
- Kan Lai Kwan v. Poon Lok To Otto and HSBC International Trustee Limited, FACV 20/2013, 17 July 2014 (discretionary trust fund as part of the financial reserouces in a divorce case)
- Libertarian Investments Limited v Thomas Alexej Hall (2013) 16 HKCFAR 681 (breach of fiduciary duty and the relief)
- Williams v Central Bank of Nigeria [2014] UKSC 10; [2014] 2 WLR 355 (apoplicability of limitation period to claim against knwoing recipient)
- FHR European Ventures LLP v Dedar Capital Partners LLC [2014] UKSC 45 (UK Supreme Court, 16 July 2014) (secret commission received by agent held on trust for prinical)

2. Recent trust law developments in the matrimonial context
3. Recent trust law developments in the probate law context
4. General Powers of Settlors
5. Statutory Reserved Powers of Settlors
6. Trustees' powers and duties under common law
7. Trustees' Statutory Default Power
8. Entitlement to 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 infromation
14. Beneficiaries' rights to appoint and remove trustees
15. Provision Against forced hairship rules

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Commercial Pre-emptive Remedies – Selected Topics, Current Issues and Practical Tips(Ref: Com0914)

Speaker: Mr. Anson Wong, Senior Counsel, barrister-at-law
                  Mr. Martin Ho, barrister-at-law  

Date: 5 September 2014 (Friday)                        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

Course Outline:  

1.     Types of pre-emptive remedies

2.     Procedure in general  - documents required

3.     Ex parte relief

a.     Legal requirements

b.    Points to note – full and frank disclosure

4.     Asset freezing injunctions

a.     Difference between Mareva injunction and proprietary injunction

b.    Legal requirements

c.     Current legal developments – cases of telephone fraud – is there a proper cause of action?

5.     Enforcement of foreign judgments

a.     Legal requirements

b.    Grounds of opposition

6.     Orders to obtain information

a.     Disclosure orders in tracing claims

b.    Norwich Pharmacal orders

7.     Insolvency as an enforcement method

a.     Points to note

b.    Injunction to restrain the bringing of a winding up petition

8.     Ancillary orders

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Anatomy of Construction Contracts: From Inception to Dispute Resolution

Speaker: Mr. Henry Suen, barrister-at-law (Ref: Con0914)

Date: 19 September 2014 (Friday)       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

Course Outline:  

• Unique nature of construction projects; TMO
• Key Performance Indicators (KPI): Time, Cost, Quality, Safety, etc. 
• Clauses dealing with Time, e.g. Extension of Time (EOT), Liquidated Damages (LD)
• Clauses dealing with Cost, e.g. Payment, Pay when Paid
• Dispute Resolution Clause; the Five-In-One Method advocated by the Construction Industry Council (CIC)
• Jurisdiction Issues in Arbitration
• Setting aside an arbitral award; indemnity costs
• Updates on construction cases

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