New Book: Wilkinson's Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong – Desk Edition 2019 (Gary Meggitt)

Wilkinson's Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong

Gary Meggitt

LexisNexis

Published in November 2019

Description: Wilkinson's Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong continues to incorporate the best of its previous editions, enhanced by recent developments introduced by legislation, numerous Law Society Circulars (and some Bar Circulars), Law Society and Judiciary Practice Directions, numerous cases from many relevant jurisdictions, and, most significantly, a new Bar Code (as of 20 July 2017). This new edition contains much new material, the most significant developments include annotations on the aforementioned new Bar Code, commentary on legal professional privilege, conflict of interest and money laundering. This title will prove indispensable to law students and Overseas Lawyers Qualification Examination candidates.

INTRODUCTION TO THE 2019 DESK EDITION: This is the fifth edition of The Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong. The first and second editions were written by Michael Wilkinson and Michael Sandor; the third by Michael Sandor alone; and the fourth, which appeared last year, was written by Michael Wilkinson and myself. I undertook to prepare this edition.  As many readers will be aware, Michael Wilkinson passed away in February 2019. We have lost a superlative lawyer and scholar and, perhaps more importantly, a good and decent man. His wit and wisdom will be sorely missed by family, friends, colleagues, students and the wider community. In tribute to his contribution to the law and the legal profession in Hong Kong, this publication has been renamed Wilkinson’s Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong.  The law is stated as at 1 June 2019.

New Book by Wilkinson, Cheung & Meggitt: Civil Procedure in Hong Kong (6th edition) (LexisNexis)

Civil Procedure in Hong Kong (6th edition)
Michael Wilkinson, Eric TM Cheung & Gary Meggitt
LexisNexis
December 2017,

Description: Civil Procedure in Hong Kong Sixth Edition provides practitioners with a clear and up to date exposition of the rules and judicial decisions governing the conduct of civil litigation in Hong Kong. The Civil Justice Reform has now been effective for more than 8 years and there are many judicial decisions reflecting judicial approaches and attitudes to the implementation of the new rules. The authors have chronicled these developments by reference to the considerable amount of case law on the new rules and practice directions.

     This sixth edition includes the most significant new cases affecting both the new rules and rules unaffected by the Reforms, including:

• The use of translated documents in proceedings vide case development on High Court Civil Procedure (Use of Language) Rules r 5(5)(a)

• Rules on service and forum in lieu with Hong Kong’s role in a developing global economy

• Updates to procedural rules since previous edition eg vide L.N. 175 of 2015, L.N. 3 of 2016

New Book: 5th Edition of A Guide to Civil Procedure in Hong Kong

A Guide to Civil Procedure in Hong Kong, 5th edition
LexixNexis
December 2014
Michael Wilkinson, Eric Cheung, Gary Meggitt

Description: The principal aim of this book is to provide practitioners with a clear and up to date exposition of the rules and judicial decisions governing the conduct of civil litigation in Hong Kong.  The Civil Justice Reform has now been effective for more than 5 years and there are many judicial decisions reflecting judicial approaches and attitudes to the implementation of the new rules. The jury is, however, still out as to whether the Reforms have significantly achieved their objectives.  The authors have chronicled these developments by reference to the considerable amount of case law on the new rules and practice directions. The fifth edition includes the most significant new cases affecting both the new rules and rules unaffected by the Reforms. In fact, there is a considerable body of important decisions continuously emanating from the courts which renders the task of the civil litigation practitioner ever more demanding.