... istrates' court. Chu's arrest came one day after former chief secretary Carrie Lam won the chief executive election on Sunday and coincided with similar moves on several leaders of the 2014 Occupy mov ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-28
... People's Court. The judge ruled that Yu had not been in a life-threatening situation despite being held down and dismissed his plea of self-defense. On Feb. 17, Yu was sentenced to life in prison. Th ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
... itutional court upheld this month a parliamentary impeachment. Park has been accused of colluding with a friend, Choi Soon-sil, to pressure big businesses to donate to two foundations set up to back t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
... rnational Court of Justice to rule on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. In July 1996, the ICJ issued an advisory opinion, with two key conclusions. First, “the threat or use of nuc ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
A Chinese court has overturned a ruling against Apple over iPhone patents, marking an important victory for the US-based tech giant in one of its key markets. The Beijing IP Court ruled on Friday that ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-27
The Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) has filed a case before the High Court to contest a government decision barring online news media reporters from gaining access to the chief executive elec ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... S Supreme Court ruled the company was an illegal monopoly. Standard Oil was split into several dozen smaller companies, including ExxonMobil. At about the same time, Rockefeller decided to hand over t ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
... he US Tax Court rejected a variety of IRS arguments, and found that on several occasions the agency abused its discretion, or acted arbitrarily or capriciously, Reuters reports. Amazon's ultimate tax ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-24
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a 23-year-old activist to two years in jail after finding him guilty of conspiracy to commit arson in relation to a 2015 incident outside the Legislative Council buildi ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE Corp. has pleaded guilty in US federal court for conspiring to violate US sanctions against Iran by illegally shipping US goods and technology to the country. The g ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-23
... ired High Court judge Woo Kwok-hing. The broad popular appeal of Tsang, who bears the nickname "Mr. Pringles" thanks to his resemblance to the potato chips mascot, is largely the result of deft image ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-22
... the High Court on Tuesday to accept the sentence and expects to spend 31 days in prison after deducting the holidays. Before sending him away, the judge confirmed the appeal decision with Tsang, warn ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
Is Hong Kong suffering from restricted access to justice? On March 17th, in the 53 cases listed for hearing in the High Court, 27 of the litigants were representing themselves. Their opponents ranged ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-21
... Egyptian court earlier this month to acquit the nation's former ruler Hosni Mubarak of charges of involvement in the deaths of protesters during the 2011 uprising. Following the ruling by Egypt's top ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-20
... , and the courts have been under the spotlight with constitutional questions at the fore," Andrew Heyn, British Consul General to Hong Kong and Macau, said on Thursday. Addressing a gathering in Hong ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
Three people who were found guilty of rioting during the Mong Kok clashes last year were on Friday handed three-year jail terms by a local court. Announcing the sentencing, District Court judge Sham S ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
A Hong Kong court on Thursday found three people guilty of rioting in a case related to the violent incidents that took place in Mong Kok in February last year. The District Court ruled that the charg ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
An Eastern magistrate's court acquitted two employees of a pharmacy charged with violating the Trade Descriptions Ordinance. The judge lashed out at a senior official from the Customs and Excise Depar ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-17
South Korea’s Constitutional Court has unanimously upheld the legislature’s impeachment of Park Geun-hye as president, making her the first democratically elected leader in the country to be stripped ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
... ck in the court of the 1,200 Election Committee (EC) members, because it is now entirely up to them to decide who is going to be the next CE. In the following paragraphs, I will weigh the three candid ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-16
