In CB v Commissioner of Police & Ors [2025] HKCFA 10, the appellant, a foreign domestic helper (“FDH”), alleged that she and other FDHs were subjected to various forms of indecent assault and sexual abuse by their employer Z. Police investigations initially resulted in Z being convicted with two counts of indecent assault and sentenced. Z was subsequently acquitted upon retrial.

In the first case of its kind, Linda Chan J in Re Sound Global Limited [2025] HKCFI 2052 determined the terms and provided guidance for a share purchase order under section 214(2)(e) of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571).

The 4^th annual Temple Chambers Moot will be held in Chambers on Saturday 9 August 2025. The Moot is open to all undergraduate law students and Juris Doctor candidates at universities in Hong Kong and abroad. Students will moot against each other in teams on novel and as-yet unresolved points of Hong Kong law.

Tim Parker, who joined Chambers in 2023, was appointed Senior Counsel on 7 June 2025.

In China Minsheng Trust Co., Ltd v Fu Kwan [2025] HKCA 462, the Court of Appeal affirmed the lower court’s decision to set aside the registration of 4 Beijing Court rulings (“Rulings”) concerning the enforcement of notarised debt instruments under the Mainland Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (Cap. 597) (“MJREO”).