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(Webinar via ZOOM) Recent Developments in Company Law
Dr Stefan H. C. LO, Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
Date: 21 March 2025 (Friday)
Time: 2:30pm - 5:45pm
Level: U (Updates)
Be relevant to all lawyers at any level of experience, to update or to enhance legal skills
Language: English
Fee: HK$ 1,850
Accreditation: (3 CPD Points being applied for - The Law Society of HK)
Ref: L25CC02
Venue: Webinar Course
Presenter's Biography:

Stefan was educated in Australia and is a graduate of the University of Sydney (PhD, LLM, BA/LLB (Hons I)). He is a Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong, teaching company law and corporate governance, and is also Director of HKU's Master of Laws in Corporate and Financial Law. Stefan had been a member of the Standing Committee on Company Law Reform from 2015-2021. Before joining HKU, he acted as Deputy Principal Government Counsel in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice for a number of years, predominantly advising in connection with the Companies Ordinance Rewrite, the Corporate Insolvency Law Improvement Exercise and the Statutory Corporate Rescue Procedure. Stefan has published widely in the area of company law, including articles in local and international journals. He is author of Law of Companies in Hong Kong (Sweet and Maxwell, now in its fourth edition, 2023) and In Search of Corporate Accountability: Liabilities of Corporate Participants (Cambridge Scholars, 2015); and is also General Editor of Company Law in Hong Kong - Practice and Procedure / Insolvency (Sweet and Maxwell) and Tyler and Lo's Hong Kong Company Law - Legislation and Commentary (LexisNexis).
 
Outline:

  • Review of recent cases, which may include:
    • Humphrey v Bennett [2024] 1 BCLC 289 (directors' duties)
    • Aston Risk Management Ltd v Jones [2024] 2 BCLC 26 (corporate groups; de facto directors; directors' duties)
    • ClientEarth v Shell plc [2024] 1 BCLC 179 (directors' duties; climate change)
    • Re Solid Star Ltd (in liquidation), Queensgate Place Ltd v Solid Star Ltd (in liquidation) [2024] 1 BCLC 553; Re Valorem Holdings Ltd, Garofalo v Crisp [2024] 2 BCLC 540 (directors' duties; members' remedies; unfair prejudice)
      Zhong Da Mining Holding Ltd v Lam Wo Ping [2024] 3 HKLRD 365 (removal of director; members' remedies; irregularity principle)
    • Re Zhongliang Holdings Group Co Ltd [2024] 2 HKLRD 807; Re Sino Oil and Gas Holdings Ltd [2024] 2 HKLRD 1084; Re Moody Technology Holdings Ltd [2024] 1 HKLRD 1123 (creditors' schemes of arrangement)
    • Arjoon v Daniel [2024] 1 BCLC 311 (receivership; company's action against receivers)
    • Re Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Ltd [2024] 2 HKLRD 1040; Re Simplicity & Vogue Retailing (HK) Co Ltd [2024] 2 HKLRD 1064; Re Mega Gold Holdings Ltd [2024] 4 HKLRD 583; Sian Participation Corpn (in liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16, [2024] 3 WLR 937 (winding-up petition based on debt subject to arbitration agreement)
    • Re China Evergrande Group [2024] 1 HKLRD 1128 (winding-up; refusal for adjournment of petition)
    • Re BGA Holdings Ltd [2024] 2 HKC 629 (appointment of liquidators)
    • Re Hsin Chong Construction (Asia) Ltd (in liq) [2024] 5 HKLRD 770 (void disposition of property after commencement of winding up)
    • Wing Sze Tiffany Wong v Wong Sai Chung [2024] 3 HKC 571 (cross-border insolvency; liquidators' applications for directions)
    • Taguchi Shinichi v Registrar of Companies [2024] 2 HKC 375 (restoration of deregistered company)


  • Review of the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2024

 
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