29 October 2026 The Independent Committee established to investigate the tragic fire at Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po on 26 November 2025 published its report today, 29 October 2026. Ho Tse Wai & Partners acted on a pro bono basis for nine residents of Wang Fuk Court in...
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The Court of Final Appeal handed down its decision in HKSAR v Lam Cheuk Ting [2025] HKCFA 7 on 1 April 2025, allowing the Department of Justice’s appeal by a majority of 3 to 2. The Court set aside the CFI’s earlier decision and reinstated the original conviction and...
Read more The High Court of Hong Kong granted a winding-up order against Physical Beauty & Fitness Holdings Limited (“Physical BVI”) in HCCW 627/2024. We represented the petitioner in HCCW 627/2024, seeking a winding-up order against Physical BVI after it had failed to comply with a statutory demand for a debt...
Read more Ho Tse Wai & Partners is delighted to announce that John Clancey has been nominated and ranked as Band 2 in the area of Clinical Negligence (International Firms) by the prestigious Chambers & Partners Greater China Region Guide 2025. This is the second year he was ranked by the...
Read more The Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal has held (by a majority) that the failure of the Hong Kong Government to establish a framework for legal recognition of same-sex relationships and to provide for appropriate rights and obligations attendant on such recognition violated the Appellant’s constitutional rights. In Sham...
Read more Case: Secretary for Justice v. Persons conducting themselves in any of the acts prohibited under paragraph 1(a), (b), (c) or (d) of the Indorsement of Claim [2023] HKCFI 1950 The Secretary for Justice sought for an injunction to prohibit four categories of acts endangering national security in relation to...
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The Coroner’s Court has delivered its Verdict in the inquest arising from the collision between Lamma IV and Sea Smooth on 1 October 2012, a tragedy in which 39 people lost their lives. In the Verdict, the Coroner returned a conclusion of “Unlawful Killing” in respect of each of...
Read more In 2020, award-winning investigative journalist Choy Yuk Ling (also known as Bao Choy) was arrested for knowingly making a false statement under the Road Traffic Ordinance. The prosecution alleged that Choy made a false statement when conducting a search of the Transport Department’s public registry of vehicle details. The...
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On 10 November 2022, leave was granted to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal in [2022] HKCA 1247 on the following questions: “1. Whether the exclusion of same-sex couples from the institution of marriage constitutes a violation of the right...
Read more The 1st and 2nd Defendants (the “Defendants”), aged 19 and 18 respectively, were initially facing three charges of murder, wounding with intent and riot in relation to the incident in Sheung Shui in November 2019. The Defendants have been on remand since their arrest in December 2019. Both Defendants...
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