On 12 August 2015, our senior consultant Mr. Angus Forsyth and associate Ms. Hazel Wong delivered a presentation on Trade Descriptions and Marketing at the office of Clarins Limited.

Mr. Forsyth introduced the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (Cap. 362) and the applicable guidelines in relation to enforcement by the relevant authorities.

He then gave a presentation on the Code of Practice issued by the Communications Authority followed by a discussion of the relevant decided court cases to illustrate the application of the guidelines and Codes.

Please contact our Mr. Forsyth or Ms. Wong for any enquiries or further information about this event.

On August 12 2015, SW Head of Business Development (China), Ms. Connie Yeung was invited to attend offshore trusts training by one of the largest PRC IFAs, Credit Ease. More than 40 financial planners together with their high net worth clients participated in the training. Ms. Yeung introduced the legal concept of a family trust in a user friendly way and demonstrated how to achieve different clients’ objectives with a case study. After the meeting, Ms. Yeung interacted with all the senior financial planners and engaged in fruitful discussions.

Please contact our Connie Yeung for any enquiries or further information about this event.

We are delighted to announce that Stevenson, Wong & Co. has been shortlisted as a finalist by Asian Legal Business at the 14th annual Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards in the award categories of “Arbitration Law Firm of the Year”, “Deal Firm of the Year” and “Litigation Law Firm of the Year”.

Awards will be presented on 11 September 2015.

The ALB Awards recognise the industry and excellence of people behind the great deals, tremendous projects and matters and cases that overturned landmark decisions to set an entirely new jurisprudence.

Please contact our Mr. Lui or Ms. Chui for any enquiries or further information about this article.

The UK Supreme Court delivered a decision on 29 July 2015 overturning a refusal of student loan to an overseas student for higher education. The subject overseas student came to the UK at the age of 6, attended primary and secondary schools there and recently secured a place at a UK university. She was refused a student loan under the Government backed scheme but the Supreme Court has now held that such refusal, which stops anyone apart from UK citizens and people with indefinite leave to remain status in the UK from obtaining a student loan, was disproportionate and unjustified and was thus overturned.

Source: http://www.workpermit.com/news/2015-08-06/court-overturns-refusal-of-student-loan-based-on-uk-immigration-status