Class action is a procedural device by which a group of persons with similar cause of action and standing can bring a claim to court through a single representative. This research studies the class action and group litigation schemes in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, including the underlying legislations, procedures, recent reforms and development, as well as relevant issues and concerns.
This research discusses the experiences of the implementation of cross-sector competition laws in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States and Singapore, where anti-competitive conduct such as price-fixing, bid-rigging and market allocation is prohibited. It covers merger regulation, exemptions and exclusions; penalties for anti-competitive conduct; enforcement mechanism, leniency programme; appeal procedure; matters relating to small and medium enterprises; and institutional framework for enforcing the competition legislation.
A summary of local press reports on views of various sectors in Hong Kong on optimising the use of industrial buildings from 15 October to 23 October 2009 (Chinese version only)
A summary of local press reports on the share price volatility of Asian Citrus Holdings Limited on its debut trading in Hong Kong from 26 November to 17 December 2009 (Chinese version only)
17 December 2009
FS10/09-10
A summary of local press reports on East Asian Games from 2 December to 29 December 2009 (Chinese version only)
4 January 2010
FS11/09-10
A summary of local press reports on building safety concerns arising from the collapse incident at Ma Tau Wai Road from 30 January to 19 February 2010 (Chinese version only)
A summary of local press reports on Law Reform Commission Report entitled "Sexual offences records checks for child-related work: interim proposals" from 2 February to 1 March 2010 (Chinese version only)
2 March 2010
FS14/09-10
World Expo 2010 Shanghai China [Revised version](Chinese version only)
A summary of local press reports on the budget-related initiatives of the Development Bureau as contained in the 2010-2011 Budget from 25 February to 26 March 2010 (Chinese version only)
A summary of local press reports of the financial sector on the "Framework Agreement on Hong Kong/Guangdong Co-operation" from 7 April to 18 May 2010 (Chinese version only)
