Law Reform Commission

Rape victims' pursuit of justice fraught with fear

24 Feb 2013

The majority of sex-crime victims never tell the police. Only about half of such reports result in a case going to court. And, in all but one of the past 12 years, the majority of rape cases that...

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Filling in the gaps on squatter's title

30 Jan 2013

What is adverse possession?

Adverse possession allows a squatter to obtain a right to possess land by occupying it long enough under the Limitation Ordinance (Cap. 347) to "extinguish" the...

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Law task force seeks crackdown on squatters

11 Dec 2012

The Law Reform Commission wants to make it harder for squatters to take legal possession of an unused property, as part of ongoing amendments to a land registration system for Hong Kong.

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Law Reform Commission calls for change to squatters policy

10 Dec 2012

Squatters’ right to possess land should be more limited in Hong Kong in light of a sweeping change to be made to the land registration system, the Law Reform Commission said on Monday.

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Modernise Hong Kong law on sexual offences

22 Sep 2012

Hong Kong does not stand out as an unsafe city. But apparently sexual offences are not uncommon. Hardly a day goes by without news of someone landing in court for rape, indecent assault or...

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Rape law outdated, Law Reform Commission says

18 Sep 2012

It is time Hong Kong brought its decades-old rape law into line with the English model, to include offences between two males, the Law Reform Commission recommended yesterday.

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Opinion

Michael Cox

The 1-2 punch heard around the world

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Wang Xiangwei

Placating graduates a work in progress

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Reform commission calls for revisions to rape law

Hong Kong should revise its rape law to follow the British model – in which rape is not limited to offences involving a man and a woman – the Law Reform Commission recommended on Monday.

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Class actions can be potent weapon

Hong Kong people are equal before the law, which implies equal access to justice. Sadly, for many, that is not the case.

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Law reform commission backs class action suits

The Law Reform Commission is proposing that Hong Kong allow class action lawsuits, which permit a large group of people to bring a single suit.

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Balancing privacy and press freedom

Mobile phones and the internet have long widened the scope for stalking. If this form of harassment poses a bigger problem now than a decade ago, the various technological developments would be a...

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Divorce law update open for discussion

A long-awaited proposal to improve children's rights in divorce cases will be open for public consultation, six years after it was raised by the Law Reform Commission.

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Delays to reform of old laws attacked

The government should follow new guidelines pressing it to enact calls for legal reform more swiftly, lawmakers said yesterday.

Their calls came after the government proposed an anti...

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