Plain guides for situations that are frightening when they are new, and news of the firm's recent cases and judgments.
Practical first steps for situations that are frightening when they are new.
Your rights at the police station, what happens in an interview, bail, and what families can do straight away.
Read the guideWhy being forced or deceived into carrying drugs is so often not noticed, and why the evidence must be gathered early.
Read the guideWhat the accusation actually is, and why the first police interview matters so much.
Read the guidePermanent residency and nationality are different things. What naturalisation involves, and the difficulty that stalls it.
Read the guideGetting a Change of Sponsorship from the Immigration Department when you move to a new employer.
Read the guideWhat a divorce means for your right to stay in Hong Kong, for your children, and the dates that matter.
Read the guideWhat the papers are, what has to be done within eight days, and what can wait.
Read the guideCase notes, judgments and press coverage, most recent first.
The District Court awarded our client damages after he had been acquitted at a criminal trial.
Read 5 August 2026Our client was acquitted at the Shatin Magistrates' Courts after the magistrate ruled midway through the trial that she had no case to answer.
Read 24 July 2023The story behind Hong Kong's first decree of nullity granted on the ground of a forced marriage.
Read 3 December 2022The Court affirms that law enforcement must consider, at every stage of the criminal process, whether a crime was the result of forced labour — drug mules may be victims too.
Read 1 November 2021A feature in the South China Morning Post discusses a case handled by the firm and the wider landscape of LGBT rights in Hong Kong.
Read 6 July 2021Marking a client's redress after her trafficker's conviction — and the judicial review still to come on Hong Kong's trafficking record.
Read 29 June 2021AA v BB: guardianship, joint custody and shared care and control granted to the non-biological mother in a same-sex family.
ReadEarlier posts and press coverage, kept for the record.
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