A divorced couple who sacked a pregnant domestic helper are on trial in district court, charged with sex discrimination. Yip Hoi-sun and his then wife Chan Man-hong hired Indonesian helper Waliyah in ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
A Taiwanese group has intervened in the Philippines' international court case against Beijing's claims in the South China Sea, arguing that Taiwan is entitled to a swathe of the disputed waterway as a ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
A Hong Kong company has been named in a US court order relating to an international psychic mail fraud that has scammed more than one million Americans, including the elderly or infirm, out of more th ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-10
... over its court-martial of the soldier in the Hebron incident. After the shooting, Israel's military chief, Gadi Eisenkot, publicly cautioned troops to use only "measured and considered force" against ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-09
... d them in court are either held in custody or placed under 24-hour surveillance. The crusade to uproot the Christian faith in Zhejiang is still underway in full swing on Xi's order. However, it appear ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-06
... st,” High Court Justice Maggie Poon said. The man began raping his daughter, who was born in the mainland, in 2011, the court heard. The girl's mother, a mainlander who had no Hong Kong residence perm ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-05
A 68-year-old man who posed as a monk to beg for alms has pleaded guilty to vagrancy and fined HK$800 (US$103). A magistrate's court in Tsuen Wan said Wang Zhuyun could serve three days in prison in l ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... Beijing’s court to prevent that from happening. The CY Leung administration’s refusal to start electoral reform consultations afresh is contrary to the Basic Law’s principle of gradual and orderly pro ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
A little bit of nonsense. That's how Jonathan Zeman, the 39-year-old son of business tycoon Allan Zeman, described a recent court ruling that the Ladies Night promotion offered by many operators of ba ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
Solicitor Junius Ho Kwan-yiu is being investigated for allegedly breaking the law, after he posted a selfie of himself in front of Court No. 28 at the High Court on his Facebook account, the Hong Kong ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-29
... District Court stemming from an incident in which he allegedly threw a glass of water at Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying during a question-and answer session in the Legislative Council. A key witness ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
... ared by a court in a 2011 lawsuit over sales of Louis Vuitton paper bags and Gucci paper shoes. The judge ruled that paper offerings are a Chinese cultural tradition. -- Contact us at [email protected] ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-28
... and lower courts have ruled on behalf of the Chinese company. The case illustrates the challenges of Chinese intellectual property law for some foreign companies in the world’s fastest-growing consume ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-27
A court in Papua New Guinea has ruled that a remote migrant detention center operated by Australia is illegal, adding to international criticism of the practice of confining asylum seekers on small Pa ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-27
... similar “courtesy deliveries (禮遇送達)” were made at the airport in the past year, it makes sense that Leung had no need to even request special latitude. What about his wife, Regina Leung Tong Ching-ye ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... s Supreme Court unanimously found guilty, under the Espionage Act of 1917, an antiwar activist who dispatched leaflets urging resistance to induction (Schenck v. United States). Associate Justice Oliv ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... sted. The court heard that he held the victim’s hand to touch his private parts for three seconds. The victim, referred to as Y, told the court how she was made to stand next to the defendant during a ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... roach the court if they have any problems with an official order. Some villagers claimed that the boundary of the land in question was not clearly set, and that they are waiting for a court reply to t ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... put under court receivership. Shipping companies worldwide have been hit by years of slumping demand, particularly from China, forcing some to sell vessels at a discount to survive. A handful of smal ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-26
... o await a court ruling. Secretary for Labor and Welfare Matthew Cheung Kin-chung was quoted as saying that a total of 149 industrial safety accidents have occurred during construction of the bridge. C ...More
EJ Insight2016-04-25
