Legal Research
Articles on legal research
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Is AI Legal Research Reliable in Hong Kong? How Citation-Backed Answers Work
A clear-eyed explanation of how AI legal research handles accuracy in HK law – where answers are grounded in source text, what ‘citation-backed’ means in practice, and how a practitioner verifies before relying on it.
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Why Hong Kong Law Firms Are Moving Case Research to Hours, Not Days
A case-study-style look at how smaller HK law firms are compressing case research time with citation-backed AI – where the traditional hours go and how they shift to minutes without big-firm resources.
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A Barrister’s 15-Minute Hong Authorities Check Before a Hearing
Follow a busy barrister’s pre-hearing workflow for checking Hong Kong authorities in about 15 minutes – verifying that cited authorities remain good law and grounding skeleton-argument research in citation-backed sources before stepping into court.
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Who Your Case Depends On: 7 HK Practice Directions Every Solicitor Should Witness
A focused briefing on the Hong Kong practice directions that most often shape case work – where to find them, when they bite, and how to check them quickly before you commit a position in a document.
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What’s new this September: follow a case on appeal, and get research answers you can use
Common Laws is built for Hong Kong solicitors, barristers, and in-house counsel who need the right authority quickly. This month’s updates help you follow a matter through the courts and get research answers that stay on the point you asked. Follow a judgment’s appeal path When you open a case, the Summary tab now includes…
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Consultation fairness, GBA licences, and compulsory-sale leave: Hong Kong legal round-up (19 Aug–2 Sep 2026)
The fortnight to 2 September 2026 was about process as much as outcome. The Court of Appeal told environmental decision-makers that extra material slipped in after public consultation can reopen fairness. National law made Greater Bay Area practice a standing route, not a pilot with an expiry date. And the Lands Tribunal reminded majority owners…
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Hong Kong legal round-up: 5–19 August 2026
Two weeks of Hong Kong court work, distilled for practice: how the Court of Appeal treats judicial-review leave appeals, when the High Court will shut the door on repeat filings, and why defamation, national-security leave and arbitral process still deserve a place on the Monday meeting agenda. From the judgments [2026] HKCA 1358 — leave…
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What’s new in Common Laws — August 2026
This month’s updates help Hong Kong solicitors and counsel move faster from question to authority—whether you are working from a matter document, a party name, or a research memo full of citations. Attach a matter document to Research In Research, use Attach document under the query box to ground questions in the contract, pleading, or…
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The Future of Case Law Search in Hong Kong
See how the future of case law search will reshape Hong Kong legal research through semantic precision, cited sources, review and legislative context.
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Case Citation Checker for Hong Kong Legal Research
A case citation checker helps Hong Kong legal professionals verify authorities, locate key passages and protect the accuracy of every submission in court.