Tony Ko featured in the Department of Justice’s publication, “Hong Kong Professional Services Supporting Mainland Enterprises Going Global – Success Stories”
Two of Tony Ko’s international investment dispute cases have been featured in the Department of Justice’s publication, “Hong Kong Professional Services Supporting Mainland Enterprises Going Global – Success Stories (Second Edition)”, under the legal services chapter. These cases are also published on the Hong Kong Professional Services GoGlobal Platform. In Success Case 101, Tony acted as arbitrator in a dispute arising from a cross-border investment agreement involving RMB 5
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Vinci Lam SC and Ferrida Chan secured an acquittal in a case of passing counterfeit notes in the District Court
In HKSAR v. Chen Beibei (DCCC 166/2025), Vinci Lam SC and Ferrida Chan represented a defendant accused of passing 24 counterfeit US$100 banknotes to a bank teller, allegedly knowing or believing them to be counterfeit currency. The defence case was that she did not know they were counterfeit notes as they were passed to her by her father whom she trusted yet she stated in her cautioned interviews that she herself changed them because the police told her not to mention her fat
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CFA confirmed that IOs of buildings may waive breaches of DMC
In Centre Chase Investment Ltd v IO of Castle Peak Road Int'l Industrial Bldg [2026] HKCFA 26, the Court of Final Appeal confirmed that incorporated owners of Hong Kong's buildings can, through their management committees, validly waive a breach of the Deed of Mutual Covenant as long as the power is exercised conscientiously and reasonably. The type of breach and its seriousness have to be considered in deciding the appropriate option to tackle the breach. In reaching the abo
Jun 24
Filipino church’s ownership of Kowloon cinema premises affirmed upon determining its valid exercise of an option to purchase
In JIL Investments Limited v Jesus Is Lord Church Limited [2026] HKCFI 1119, the Court of First Instance ruled that the Defendant, the Hong Kong branch of a global evangelical Christian church founded in the Philippines, after having paid in excess of HK$23 million by way of monthly payments over 12 years, had validly exercised an option to purchase its premises in Sham Shui Po from the Plaintiff landlord for a further HK$1. In 2003, the parties entered into a Lease and Purch
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