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The Hong Kong Insurance Authority has published consultation conclusions (Consultation Conclusions) on the draft Guideline on Exercising Power to Impose Pecuniary Penalty in Respect

The Explanatory Note also contains useful frequently asked questions (FAQs) on these secrecy obligations.

The ruling in Wong Shui Lam v. Hospital Authority (HCPI 151/2009) sends a message that failure by the defendant to respond to a claimant's pre-action letters may result in adverse costs orders on an indemnity basis.

The Plaintiff, a lawful visitor of a fitness centre operated by the Defendant, slipped, and fell, while walking towards the shower room area of the said fitness centre, leading to injuries in the left wrist.

The recent decision in "Fung Wing Yee (a minor) v. Chen Jung Chien" demonstrates how the Court applies the new rules on sanctioned offer and awards enhanced costs and interests to the Plaintiff, who had done better at trial than her sanctioned offer to the Defendant.

In a recent judgment in the case of Chan Chuen Ping v. The Commissioner of Police (HCMP 2741/2013), the Court of First Instance held that the police are obliged to provide a potential claimant in civil actions with information of the tortfeasor upon the request of the potential claimant.

After the 2012 Lamma ferry disaster, the idea for "apology legislation" arose when the Director of the Marine Department apologised eight months after the incident.

The Hong Kong Government and other bodies of authority have been proposing to implement a number of key measures to enhance the attractiveness of the insurance industry in Hong Kong.

The decision in "Fang Guo Quan & Another v. Choi Ming Sang & Another" (DCPI 1468/2008) considers whether Hong Kong is the appropriate forum to hear a traffic accident case involving Hong Kong residents that occurred in the PRC.

In a claims-made policy, the insurer's obligation to indemnify is triggered not by the occurrence of a loss, but by a third party making a claim against an insured.

The Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau is proposing the establishment of an independent insurance authority to strengthen regulation of the industry.

The Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner's Office (PCO) published the Octopus investigation report yesterday (18 October 2010). Whilst the PCO's findings on Octopus are based on the facts of that case, its recommendations impact all data users.

As the world enters the age of artificial intelligence, the use of technology in the legal sector continues to create interpretative difficulties and misunderstandings...

The Hong Kong Office of the Commissioner of Insurance recently published a Guidance Note on Outsourcing.