Court Disqualifies Executive Directors for Unlawful Scheme

The Court of First Instance handed down judgment in Securities and Futures Commission v Lau Chi Yuen Joseph and Another on 22 May 2023, imposing disqualification periods of eight years and five years respectively against two former executive directors of a Company listed on the GEM Board.

Hong Kong Court Grants Injunction to Restrain Mainland Arbitration

In 廈門新景地集團有限公司v Eton Properties Limited [2023] HKCFI 1327, a judgment handed down on 18 May 2023, the Hon Madam Justice Mimmie Chan granted an anti-arbitration injunction against the Defendants.

We are delighted to see two of our members, Anthony Chan and Mike Lui, appointed Senior Counsel of the Hong Kong SAR. The formal appointment ceremony took place today at the Court of Final Appeal, presided over by the Hon Chief Justice Andrew Cheung and attended by distinguished members of the judiciary and the wider legal community.

The appointments bring the number of current Senior Counsel at Temple Chambers to 25, along with six King’s Counsel of England & Wales, with the total number of silks in the 45-year history of Temple Chambers coming to over 50.