Foreword The Honourable Mr Justice Godfrey Lam, Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal in Hong Kong (TBC) Part I - Introduction 1. The Subject Matter of Private International Law 2. Sources of Private International Law in Hong Kong 3. History of Private International Law in Hong Kong 4. Preliminary Matters 4.1. Characterisation 4.2.
The Incidental Question 4.3. Depeçage 4.4. Renvoi and Transmission 5. Connecting Factors 5.1. Nationality 5.
2. Domicile 5.3. Residence 5.4. Other Connecting Factors 6. Substance and Procedure 7. Foreign Law 7.
1. Pleading Foreign Law 7.2. Proving Foreign Law 7.3. Pleading but Not Proving Foreign Law 8. Evidence 8.1.
Taking Evidence Abroad for Use in Hong Kong Proceedings 8.2. Taking Evidence in Hong Kong for Use in Foreign Proceedings 8.3. The Hague Evidence Convention 9. Mandatory Rules, Ordre Public , Public Law, and the Evasion of Law 9.1. Hong Kong Mandatory Rules and Public Policy 9.
2. Foreign Public Laws 9.3. Foreign Mandatory Rules and Public Policy 9.4. Evasion of Law Part II - Jurisdiction 10. Jurisdiction in personam 10.1.
Establishing Jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Court 10.2. Challenging Jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Court 10.3. Interim Measures 10.4. Service of Process Outside Hong Kong 10.5.
Service of Foreign Proceedings in Hong Kong 11. Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution Agreements 11.1. Exclusive Jurisdiction Agreements 11.2. Non-exclusive Jurisdiction Agreements 11.3. Asymmetric Jurisdiction Agreements 11.
4. Floating and Innominate Jurisdiction Agreements 11.5. Multi-Tiered Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution Agreements 11.6. Indemnity and Other Provisions in Jurisdiction and Dispute Resolution Agreements 12. Special Rules 12.1.
Law of Obligations 12.2. Law of Property 12.3. Intellectual Property 12.4. Family Law 12.5.
Law of Corporations and Insolvency 12.6. Law of Bankruptcy 12.7. Competition Law 12.8. Criminal Law 13. Jurisdiction in Shipping Claims 13.
1. Establishing Jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Court 13.2. Challenging Jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Court 13.3. The Process of Ship Arrest in Hong Kong 14. Immunities From Jurisdiction 14.1.
Sovereign Immunity 14.2. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) 14.3. Other Immunities Part III - Choice of Law 15. Choice of Law Agreements (Governing Law Clauses) 15.1. Certain Choice of Law Agreements 15.
2. Uncertain Choice of Law Agreements 15.3. Floating Choice of Law Agreements 15.4. Indemnity and Other Provisions in Choice of Law Agreements 16. Law of Obligations 16.1.
Contracts 16.2. Specific Contracts 16.3. Torts 16.4. Specific Torts 16.5.
Unjust Enrichment 16.6. Trusts and Charitable Foundations 17. Law of Property 17.1. Immovable Property 17.2. Transfer of Movable Property 17.
3. Expropriation 17.4. Succession to Property 18. Intellectual Property 18.1. Copyright 18.2.
Trademarks 18.3. Patents 18.4. Registered Designs 18.5. Trade Secrets 18.6.
Other Intellectual Property Rights in Hong Kong 19. Family Law 19.1. Marriage 19.2. Matrimonial Causes 19.3. Children 19.
4. Mental Incapacity 20. Law of Corporations and Insolvency 20.1. Capacity, Agency, and Internal Management 20.2. Corporate Rescue and Restructuring 20.3.
Insolvency 20.4. Cross-Border Insolvency 21. Law of Bankruptcy 21.1. Effect of Bankruptcy on Assignments of Property 21.2. Effect of Bankruptcy as a Discharge of Debts 22.
Competition Law Part IV - Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Orders 23. Recognition 23.1. General Principles 23.2. Special Rules 24. Enforcement 24.1.
Means of Enforcing Judgments and Orders in Hong Kong 24.2. Procedures for Enforcing Judgments and Orders Part V - Arbitration 25. International Commercial Arbitration in Hong Kong 25.1. Arbitration Agreements 25.2. Jurisdiction of the Arbitral Tribunal 25.
3. Choice of Law 25.4. Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards 26. Arbitration and Insolvency: The Hong Kong Approach Part VI - Inter-regional Private International Law 27. Private International Law Issues Between Hong Kong and Other Inter-regional Jurisdictions 27.1. Mainland China 27.
2. Taiwan 27.3. Macao SAR 28. Mutual Legal Assistance Between Hong Kong and Other Inter-regional Jurisdictions 28.1. Mainland China 28.2.
Taiwan 28.3. Macao SAR Part VII - The Harmonisation of Private International Law 29. Hong Kong and International Organisations 30. The Future of Private International Law in Hong Kong Appendix: Hong Kong Private International Law Principles in Inter-Regional Cases.