... Permanent Court of Arbitration would be talked about and the parameters of the award would be discussed, but there would be no "hard imposition" of it. The ruling dealt a blow to China's extensive cla ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-17
... flat. The court heard that in the afternoon of May 3, Esguerra went to the helper's flat after her employer sought his help to fix a broken door handle, Ming Pao Daily reported. After learning that th ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... on from a court ruling. As it turned out, three newcomers from the localist camp -- Edward Yiu, Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung -- added their own oath to the official version during Wedneday's ceremon ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
A magistrates’ court will decide if Queen Elizabeth Hospital should bear any responsibility for a medical incident in which a woman delivered a baby but died of a rare complication later. The incident ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... the High Court allowed prosecutors to change the indictment, which means Tsang is now facing three charges, instead of two. The new charge accuses him of having taken the refurbishment as inducement, ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-12
... istrates' Court on Thursday, making him the first person to be convicted for the Lunar New Year clashes. A judge found Chan guilty on two counts -- assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest, th ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-07
... end up in court. It was not the first legal letter Leung had sent in which he threatened the media, intending to silence it -- and it will not be the last. However, given that the 2017 chief executive ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
... eir first court appearance after their condition worsened. They are facing charges of inflicting bodily harm with intent. The judge adjourned the case until Friday. -- Contact us at [email protected] T ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-05
... the High Court ruled that the EDB's decision to not fund foreign teachers in special schools was unconstitutional. A judge remarked that denying special needs students an opportunity to study Englis ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
The Eastern Court has slapped a HK$3,500 fine on Circle K Hong Kong for selling an ant-infested hotdog at its outlet in Wah Fu Estate in Pok Fu Lam. The convenience store operator sent a representativ ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
... a Chinese court and sentenced to 18 years in prison. Chen, Mou and Yang had one thing in common: they were all great salesmen and masters of gimmicks with a remarkably strong power of persuasion. Apar ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-04
The Court of Final Appeal has delivered a sharp reminder of the extent to which the Basic Law protects the interests of the rich and powerful. The judgment arises from a case brought by Hysan Developm ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
... orts. The court in Nanning city said on its official microblog that Wan, who was put under party investigation in 2014, had taken more than 100 million yuan (US$15 million) in bribes, gifts and from e ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-30
A 61-year-man who set himself and his paralyzed wife on fire during a quarrel has been sentenced to two years in prison. Judge Albert Wong Sung-hau of the High Court considered the case a tragedy and ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-29
Hysan Development Co. Ltd. (00014.HK) has won a Court of Final Appeal ruling against the Town Planning Board (TPB) over height limits in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay. The court ruled that TPB should reco ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
... the High Court last month, RTHK reports. She had been convicted by a lower court of committing the offense during a protest against parallel traders in Yuen Long in March last year when she bumped h ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
A 44-year-old businessman from China pleaded guilty in a Hong Kong court on Monday to one count of bribery after he was accused of offering a gift to a local employee of banking giant HSBC. The busin ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
... bitration court in The Hague in July invalidated China's claims to the waterway in a case brought by the Philippines, a ruling Beijing refuses to recognize. "I am ready to not really break [US] ties b ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-27
A 34-year-old Indonesian domestic helper has been handed a probation order by a Hong Kong court after she pleaded guilty to having left her employer’s two small children unattended at home. Siti Zamro ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
The European Union's list of crises keeps growing. But, beyond the United Kingdom's "Brexit" vote to leave the bloc, Poland’s constitutional-court imbroglio, Russian expansionism, migrants and refugee ...More
EJ Insight2016-09-26
