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Author: Sala Sihombing

Family Mediation in Hong Kong is a practice-focused guide to the field of family mediation within Hong Kong. Written for professionals, the book provides a clear and accessible account of mediation principles, processes, ethics, and practice considerations as they arise in family disputes.

Bringing together practical insight and contextual understanding, this volume examines the role of mediators and allied professionals in supporting constructive dialogue, informed decision-making, and durable outcomes. It addresses key issues including neutrality, confidentiality, communication, child-focused practice, and the relationship between mediation, legal advice, and wider support services. 

Essential reading for mediators, family lawyers, counsellors, social workers, psychologists, dispute resolution practitioners, policy professionals, academics, and students, Family Mediation in Hong Kong offers a valuable resource for anyone engaged in the professional practice, study, or development of family mediation.

Authors: Carter Chim, Carol Lee, Emily Ting

Competition Law & Practice in Hong Kong is a practitioner work on the Competition Ordinance (Cap. 619) that takes the Ordinance and Hong Kong authority as its starting point rather than the EU/UK competition jurisprudence. A decade after the Ordinance came fully into operation, Hong Kong has its own body of Competition Tribunal and appellate jurisprudence, and that jurisprudence has begun to diverge from the European model on which the legislation was drawn. This book states the Hong Kong position, with a foreword by the Hon Mr Justice Jonathan Harris, President of the Competition Tribunal.

The Hong Kong regime is structurally unlike the regimes most practitioners are trained on. Enforcement is judicial rather than administrative. Following Competition Commission v Nutanix Hong Kong Ltd [2019] HKCT 2, enforcement proceedings are treated as involving the determination of a criminal charge for the purposes of articles 10 and 11 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights, with the consequence that contraventions must be proved beyond reasonable doubt. There is no stand-alone private right of action. Merger control reaches only carrier licensees under Schedule 7. Each of these features changes the answer to questions that are settled elsewhere, and none of them can be resolved by reference to European or English materials.

That divergence is no longer theoretical. In Competition Commission v Gray Line Tours of Hong Kong Ltd(No 2) [2026] HKCT 1, the Tribunal held that the First Conduct Rule does not extend to standalone facilitation, that a facilitator must be pursued under section 91, and that the relevant EU/UK law does not assist in a statutory scheme which makes separate provision for involvement in a contravention. The Commission's claim against the hotel respondents was dismissed and costs followed. The book analyses that decision and the accessorial and inchoate liability provisions of section 91 by reference to the Australian legislation from which section 91 was taken, questions to which there is no European answer.

The work covers both substance and procedure: the First and Second Conduct Rules; exclusions, exemptions and block exemption orders; applications under sections 9, 15 and 24; the merger rule; the undertaking concept and parental liability; liability of persons involved in a contravention; investigation and enforcement by the Competition Commission, including leniency, cooperation, commitments and warning and infringement notices; proceedings in the Competition Tribunal, including pecuniary penalties, director disqualification and costs; private enforcement; and reviewable determinations under Part 5.

Comparative material from the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States is used critically and transparently throughout. The book identifies when comparative authority is persuasive, why it may be relevant, and where Hong Kong's constitutional structure, statutory language or developing jurisprudence requires a different answer. It also confronts questions that remain unresolved, including the relationship between serious anti-competitive conduct and restrictions by object, the constitutional position of the penalty regime as it applies to natural persons, and the consequences of the criminal standard for inference, presumption and the use of economic evidence.

The book is written for:
•    Barristers, solicitors, in-house counsel and competition law advisers.
•    Judges, tribunal members, regulators and public law practitioners.
•    Businesses and compliance professionals operating under the Ordinance.
•    Academics and students requiring a rigorous account of Hong Kong competition law.

The law is stated as at 31 May 2026.

Author: Patricia Yeung

Authors: Tony Ko, Karen Cheung, Michelle He, Him Ho, Anson Li, Michelle Lin, Sean O'Reilly, Ludovic Shum

The Law of Digital Assets in Hong Kong represents the first comprehensive treatment of this important and cutting-edge area in Hong Kong, which is the only part of the People’s Republic of China that has a proactive policy in support of the development of the digital asset industry under the ""One Country, Two Systems"" constitutional framework. 

Authored and edited by Tony Ko and written together with a team of expert contributors, this work aims to fill the knowledge gap and equip those in the legal, financial, accounting, business and academic sectors involved in or interested in the digital assets space with sufficient knowledge to understand, advise upon, and confidently navigate the legal and regulatory issues involved. 

The book guides readers from foundational concepts to sophisticated analysis. It begins with an introduction to the nature and taxonomy of digital assets—from cryptocurrency to NFT, RWA/tokenized assets, stablecoins, and CBDCs—before providing a comprehensive overview of the governing legal framework in Hong Kong.  Subsequent chapters examine Hong Kong's extensive case law on digital assets; the regulation of cryptocurrencies; securities law analysis of digital assets; practical steps for obtaining a licence to manage virtual assets; digital asset liquidation from the perspective of the liquidator who handled Hong Kong's first crypto trading platform (Gatecoin) collapse; dispute resolution frameworks; and private international law principles in a world where assets exist solely as entries on distributed ledgers spanning multiple jurisdictions.

Author: Stefan Lo

The Butterworths Hong Kong Company Law Handbook - 28th Edition aims to deal with the intricacies of the Companies Ordinance (Cap 622) in an easily accessible form. This Handbook reproduces the text of the Ordinance as currently in force along with section-by-section annotations and examines relevant case law and significant judicial decisions. The annotations also provide definitions of words and phrases, discussions on practical aspects and contentious issues with reference to each section and other authoritative materials including cross-jurisdictional references.

Readers may wish to refer to the Butterworths Hong Kong Company Law (Winding-Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Handbook, which is a complementary text containing the remaining Parts from the "old Companies Ordinance" (Cap 32) that have not been repealed.

As this series has been cited with authority in over one hundred court cases in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance, Court of Appeal and Court of Final Appeal, this Handbook will no doubt be an invaluable source of information for practitioners, legal advisers, company secretaries, students and anyone interested in the laws governing companies in Hong Kong.

Authors: Stephanie Wong, Brian Yu

Butterworths Hong Kong Media and Communications Law Handbook - Third Edition includes detailed coverage and analysis of various Ordinances relating to media and telecommunications in Hong Kong.