Lord Sales, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, delivered the latest lecture in the HKU-Temple Chambers Law Lecture Series on 24 September 2026.

The Role of Equity in the Law of Contract

”, the lecture addressed the distinct moral foundations of contract law and Equity, and how the two interact. The opening remarks were delivered by Professor Hualing Fu, Dean of the HKU Faculty of Law, and 

Held at the University of Hong Kong, the event welcomed nearly 300 attendees including members of the judiciary, legal practitioners, professors, and law students. The Honourable Mr Justice Eugene Fung, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court and a former member of Temple Chambers, moderated the lecture.

We extend our sincere thanks to our co-sponsor, The University of Hong Kong, to Lord Sales and our other speakers for their contributions, and to everyone who attended and supported the event.

Bedrock Manufacturing Europe BV v Whalet Ltd

 [2026] HKCFI 4942, DHCJ Gilead Cooper KC held that Whalet Ltd (Whalet), a licensed money service operator (MSO), was not liable to repay money which the victims of an online fraud had paid into its account, and which Whalet had remitted to third parties on its client’s instructions.

The decision will be of interest to MSOs and other intermediaries, which have recently tended to be held liable for fraud proceeds passing through their accounts. It addresses three important issues in particular:

, instructed by Anthony Siu & Co, acted for the Defendant.

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