Legal Professional Courses

An Overview of the Personal data (Privacy) Ordinance and a recent update (Ref:PDO0911)

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Speaker: Ms. Cindy S. Y. Sin, Barrister-at-law, Fortune Chambers

Date: 20 September 2011 (Tuesday)       Fee: HK$1,000                CPD Points: 3 CPD points to be applied for

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

Venue: Professional Resources Centre, Units 2215-17, 22/F. World-wide House, 19 Des Voeux Road C, HK

Speaker:

Ms. Cindy S. Y. Sin, Barrister-at-law, Fortune Chambers

Ms. Sin obtained LLB degree at the University of Hong Kong in 1996 and took up the post of Lecturer (Law) at the Vocational Training Council.  In May 1997, Ms. Sin joined the Hong Kong Government and had been posted to different departments.  Her last posting in the HKSAR Government was Assistant Departmental Secretary, Discipline & Access to Information Section, Social Welfare Department from 2002 to 2007.  During which time, she was also the Deputy Data Protection Officer in SWD.  She has extensive knowledge and experience in handling privacy related issues in the public sector.  Ms. Sin has been teaching law subjects at the Vocational Training Council as part-time lecturer from 1997 to 2003.  In July 2008, Ms. Sin joined the School of Continuing & Professional Studies, the Chinese University of Hong Kong as part-time Instructor (Law).  Ms. Sin was called to Bar in May 2008 and joined the Fortune Chambers in Oct 2008.

Course Objective:

The 3-hour seminar aims to build an understanding of the essential concepts in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and to share some practical tips with practitioners of accessing personal/non-personal data under the existing legal framework.  Relevant case law will be discussed.  The recent controversy sparked off in the society and the debate about the change in the PDPO will be covered.

Course Outline:

Overview of the PDPO

·                    Identify the concepts of data, data subject and data user

·                    Six Data Protection Principles; Data access provisions; Exemption provisions under PDPO

·                    Contravention of the Ordinance – Consequences; Personal Data Management in Employee Monitoring Activities

Practical tips of accessing personal/non-personal data under the existing legal framework

·                    Data Access Request (DAR)

·                    Relevant Person

·                    The grounds which a data access request may/shall be refused; DAR vs data transfer

·                    Public Records (Access) Rules 1996 – Government Records Service

·                    Code on Access to Information – Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau

·                    PDPO vs The Code

Recent update

·                    Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd v AAB; The Octopus Incident; Banks’ direct marketing; Cookies

·                    The review of the PDPO

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國內民事訴訟案件程式操作現況及指引(Ref:PRC0811)

Speaker: 彭志律師   劉瑩律師

Date: 12 August 2011 (Friday)       Fee: HK$1,000             CPD Points: 3 CPD points to be applied for

Time: 2:00pm to 5:10pm                 Level: Intermediate      Language: English

Venue: Professional Resources Centre, Units 2215-17, 22/F. World-wide House. 19 Des Voeux Road C, HK

Course Outline:

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Updates and Practical Tips on PRC Employment Issues (Ref:PRC0811)

Speaker: Ms. Iris Cheng, Partner, China Practice Group, Deacons

Date: 26 August 2011 (Friday)       Fee: HK$1,000             CPD Points: 3 CPD points to be applied for

Time: 2:00pm to 5:10pm                 Level: Intermediate      Language: English

Venue: Professional Resources Centre, Units 2215-17, 22/F. World-wide House. 19 Des Voeux Road C, HK

Course Objective:

This course aims to provide an update on the recent key PRC legislative changes on employment regime as well as certain practical tips for employers operating in China. Hot topics like overtime, collective bargaining, termination of employment, labour dispute resolution, non-competition etc. will be covered.

Course Outline:

• Overview of Major PRC employment legislations

Ø  PRC Labour Contract Law and its implementing regulations

Ø  PRC Labour Dispute, Mediation and Arbitration Law

Ø  The new PRC Social Insurance Law, Local interpretations/ guidelines on key employment issues in major province/cities like Guangdong province, Beijing and Shanghai

• Highlights of key PRC employment issues

Ø  Requirement of Written Labour Contract

Ø  Probation

Ø  Overtime Work and Pay

Ø  Annual Leave

Ø  Social Insurance

Ø  Confidentiality and Non-compete

Ø  Termination of Employment

Ø  Severance Payment

Ø  Labour Dispute Resolutions

Ø  Employment Issues to be noted in Merger and Acquisition

• Case study 

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Dancing with Stress – EQ in workplace (Ref:Mis0211)

Date: 9 September 2011 (Friday)             Fee: HK$1,000                CPD Points: 3 CPD points to be applied for

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

Venue: 22/F., United Centre, 95 Queensway, Hong Kong

Course Objective:

It is not uncommon that legal professionals always need to handle extensive amount of work within limited time frame and the nature of their work is stressful. This course aims to introduce to the participant ways to handle and release stress, and ways to develop positive thoughts and EQ no matter at work or in personal life. Participants will learn effective stress release exercises in the course and hopefully will have a refreshing mind after attending the course

Course Outline:

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Am I bound by this Agreement? (Ref:K1011)

Date: 12 October (Wednesday)             Fee: HK$1,000                CPD Points: 3 CPD points to be applied for

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

Venue:  Professional Resources Centre, Units 2215-17, 22/F. World-wide House. 19 Des Voeux Road C, HK

Course Objective:

This 3-hour seminar aims to provide practitioners with the tools to answer the question that many clients who have signed unfavourable contracts will ask their lawyer: “Am I bound by this agreement?”

The key principles and rules relevant to this question (as set out in the course outline) will be explored by analyzing relevant case-law.

Thereafter, attendees will be guided through check lists of suggested questions to ask the client to extract the relevant facts to better understand your client’s situation and answer his question.

Finally, such principles, rules, and check lists will be applied to tackle problem questions

Course Outline:

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Conflict of Contract Laws in Hong Kong (Ref:CL1011)

Date: 19 October (Wednesday)             Fee: HK$1,000                CPD Points: 3 CPD points to be applied for

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

Venue:  Professional Resources Centre, Units 2215-17, 22/F. World-wide House. 19 Des Voeux Road C, HK

Course Objective:

The seminar discusses various aspects of Hong Kong’s conflict of contract laws regime. Hong Kong’s regime is based on the traditional English system. The English system has in the meantime been ‘modernized’ due to initiatives at EU level. Hong Kong has not followed and thus not been able to eliminate problems of the traditional system. The seminar highlights these problems and discusses practical solutions.

Course Outline:

·             History and current developments of Hong Kong’s conflict of contract laws system

·             Choice of law arrangements

·             Closest and most real connection

·             Special contract types

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