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FEE EARNERS / PARTNERS / ANGUS FORSYTH
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Personal Information
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Professional Experience:
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As solicitor to the High Court of England and Wales in 1970; |
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As solicitor to the High Court of Hong Kong in 1971; and as Notary Public of Hong Kong in 1978 |
Education:
Guildford Law College; Law Society; England (Part II Qualifying Examination, 1970)
Language:
English
Articled to :
Trower Still & Keeling, London
Legal Practice:
| 1965-71 |
Trower Still & Keeling, London |
| 1971-77 |
Johnson, Stokes & Master, Hong Kong |
| 1978-83 |
Stevenson & Co. (Founder Partner) |
| 1983 |
Stevenson, Wong & Co. |
Legal Specialisations:
Commercial and Company, Mergers and Acquisitions, Regulatory Law of
Insurance, Securities and Futures, Immigration, Intellectual Property
and Information Technology.
Community Involvement:
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Former Council Member and Former Vice President of the Hong Kong Society of Notaries
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Former Member of Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal Panel (1992-1998)
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Member, Law Society of Hong Kong Working Party on the Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance
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Member Legal Committee, The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
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Trustee and Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival Trust
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Member and Chairman and past President of The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong
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Former Committee Member and former Vice Chairman, The Friends former of the Hong Kong Museum of Art
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Member of Committee of Management of the University Museum and Art Gallery, University of Hong Kong
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Member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (1993-1995)
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Chairman, China Heritage Art Foundation Limited
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Member of the Board, Arts & Education Limited, (Charitable Grants in aid to East/West Hong Kong Arts causes)
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Honorary Occasional Lecturer to the Museum Society, University of Hong Kong
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Trustee of the Association of the Friends of the Shanxi History Museum Trust
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Council member Hong Kong Internet Professionals Association
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Member of the Companies Registry and Hong Kong Government Advisory Group on the rewrite of Hong Kong Company Law
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Honorary Legal Adviser:
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Honorary Legal Adviser to New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association
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Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society Limited
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Honorary Legal Adviser to the Hong Kong Festival Fringe
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Honorary Legal Adviser to the Friends of the Art Gallery, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Committee member and Honorary Legal Adviser, the Royal Overseas League, Hong Kong Branch
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Honorary Legal Advisor to the Friends of the University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong.
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Publications
Legal:
1. Books
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International Insurance
Law And Regulation Worldwide International Insurance Law Guide - Hong
Kong Section Publ. Oceana Publications, New York, USA.
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Investing in a business in Hong Kong - The Hong Kong Directors Law Year Book 1993
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The Commercial Law Guide to Hong Kong, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan - Hong Kong Section 1996
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Trademark Law of Hong Kong - International *Intellectual Property Law Hand Book
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Kong" in Volume 29, 2007 of The Comparative Law Yearbook of
International Business published by Kluwer Law International under the
editorship of the Centre for International Legal Studies, Salzburg,
Austria. |
2. Papers and Articles
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"Data Protection on the
Internet: how the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance applies to
Electronic Commerce, Anti-Spam measures and practical advice to net
users and data users" - Hong Kong Lawyer July 2000 |
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"Data Protection on the
Internet: how contract law applies to cyber space and the pitfalls
posed by the Electronic Transactions Ordinance" - Hong Kong Lawyer June
2000 |
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"The Electronic
Transactions Ordinance" - the Hong Kong Accountant - Journal of the
Hong Kong Society of Accountants - August 2000 |
“Dummy Cowboys” - upon the illicit use of famous registered and unregistered latin alphabets trademarks and similar Chinese character phonetic translations for the purpose of establishing mala fides perversion of trademark user rights - Hong Kong Lawyer September 2007 |
3. Symposia Papers
"Data privacy on the Internet: How the Personal Data (Privacy)
Ordinance may interface with and apply to E-Commerce; Anti-Spam and
Practical Advice to net users and data users" - Paper delivered to the
Legal Panel - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce 29th August
2000
Non-Legal:
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Jades and Unicorns: Specialist Tour of Jiangsu Province, China 19th-25th April 1984-BOCSHK No.6, Hong Kong
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Five Chinese Jade Figures,
a study of the Development of Sculptural Form in Hongshan Jade Working,
Orientations May 1990 pp. 54-63
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Neolithic Chinese Jades in "JADE" - Consultant Editor, Roger Keverne; Anness Publishing Ltd. London 1991
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Post-Neolithic to Han Chinese Jades in "JADE" - Consultant Editor, Roger Keverne; Anness Publishing Ltd. London 1991
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Jades from China - catalogue of an exhibition of Chinese jades at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England, Bath 1994
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Social and Special Interest Clubs:
Hong Kong
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Member of the Hong Kong Club
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Member of the Hong Kong Jockey Club
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Member of the Foreign Correspondents Club
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Member of the World Trade Centre Club
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Overseas
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Member of the Asia Society, New York since 1973
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Member of the China Institute, New York since 1973
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Member of the Siam Society, Bangkok since 1976
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| Member of the China Institute, New York since 1978 |
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Member of the Oriental Ceramic Society, London since 1984
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Member of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, London since 1989
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Member of the Royal Overseas League, London, since 2002.
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