Legal Research
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What’s new in October: Hong Kong research inside Microsoft Word
October’s updates are for the work you already do at the desk: drafting in Word, looking up a citation, and keeping research threads easy to find again. Research Hong Kong law without leaving Word Common Laws now sits in Microsoft Word. Highlight a proposition and find Hong Kong cases that support it. Ask a question…
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Hong Kong legal round-up: 16–30 September 2026
This fortnight’s Hong Kong authorities matter for how you sentence, how you police an owners’ corporation, how you recover a mistaken payment, and how you seat an arbitration. The Court of Appeal has now shown that the revised drug-trafficking guidelines are not a footnote, and building-management injunctions will not wait on an IO’s protest that…
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LexisNexis vs. Budget-Friendly Hong Kong Research: A Practical Fit Comparison
A candid comparison of Hong Kong legal research options for solicitors, barristers, and firm teams, weighing setup, cost, and citation-backed accuracy against incumbents like LexisNexis – and where Common Laws.ai fits as a mid-range, faster, source-grounded alternative.
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Hong Kong legal round-up, 10–24 September 2026: winding-up clawbacks, award enforcement, and prosecutorial review
This fortnight’s Hong Kong authorities matter most for three desks: insolvency and construction recovery, cross-border award enforcement, and public-law challenges to prosecutors. The Court of Appeal has narrowed a common liquidator theory on post-petition payments; the Court of First Instance has again used an anti-suit injunction to protect Hong Kong enforcement of an arbitral award;…
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How to Search Hong Kong Ordinances: A Step-by-Step Guide for Legal Professionals
A reproducible workflow for locating and verifying a Hong Kong ordinance by its cap. chapter reference, using official sources alongside citation-backed tools. Built for busy practitioners who need the correct section fast, without the steep learning curve and cost of enterprise platforms like LexisNexis.
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Where to Keep Source for Hong Kong Law: Primary Sources a Practitioner Can Always Verify
A FAQ-style guide to the authoritative primary sources for Hong Kong law that practitioners can check against whatever they read or get from AI, and how to reconcile a retrieved answer with the original text.
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LexisNexis vs Common Laws.ai for Hong Kong Case Law Research
A head-to-head comparison for Hong Kong practitioners weighing traditional platforms against a citation-backed AI alternative: cost, coverage of HK jurisprudence, ease of use, and verification workflow.
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How to Research Hong Kong Legislation and Track Cap. Amendments Fast
A workflow guide for finding and checking Hong Kong ordinances by cap – confirming what is in force today, and tracking amendments without piecing together official sources by hand.
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How to Run a Hearing-Ready Authorities Check in 10 Minutes
A step-by-step guide for Hong Kong barristers on running a fast, focused authorities check before a hearing – what to verify, which sources to cross-check, and how citation-backed research cuts the usual prep time without risking accuracy.
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Hong Kong legal round-up: societies, freezing orders and revised trafficking guidelines (2–16 September 2026)
This fortnight’s Hong Kong authorities are practical, not theoretical: who must register as a society, how SFC freezing orders are being held, when revised trafficking guidelines still cut a sentence, and why unauthorised building works are being demolished rather than regularised. From the courts HKSAR v Joseph Zen and others — The Court of Appeal…