Number 1426 12 November 2012 Client Alert Latham & Watkins Litigation Department Jurisdiction of the Hong Kong Courts re Winding Up and Unfair Prejudice Petitions — Are Offshore Companies Safe? Hong Kong law contains a number of provisions designed to protect the interests of minority shareholders‚ including the “unfair prejudice” remedies under section 168A of the Companies Ordinance (the Ordinance) and the Ordinance’s “just and equitable” winding-up provisions. These protections
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“All good things are wild and free” is an idea explored by many for better and for worse. This specific quotation coming from Henry David Thoreau’s essay ‘Walking’. It is believed by many to be the main argument representing freedom. Exploring nature‚ humanity and contrasting them with each other. ‘Into the Wild’ follows the journey of Christopher McCandless‚ a boy travelling to Alaska. He travels with the belief that freedom and happiness are having new experiences. With this belief he travels
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“Conflict is at the heart of all good writing; without conflict‚ stories would go nowhere and they would not teach us anything.” I believe that‚ as conflict in stories reflects the ever-present conflict in everyday life‚ a story without conflict would show an unrealistic portrayal of life‚ making it unrelatable and therefore difficult to apply its lessons into our lives and learn from them. There are two types of conflict: external and internal. In To Kill a Mockingbird‚ these conflicts teach
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SHOULD TEENAGERS HAVE TATOOS Now a day people are also growing and growing. There are lots of popular styles in the world now. Tattoos are also very popular in the world especially in teenagers. Now about 10% of the teenagers in the US have tattoos. Most f the tattoos have deep meanings to the them that remind them something important occasion and person in their life‚ to them their tattoos are more than just an ink stain. Now tattoos are seen in many teenagers in all over the world. once they make
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Children should or should not be paid for good grades? I believe that children should not be paid for good grades for several reasons. First of all‚ To get good grades depend on how each student learns and handles with the result he or she will receive at last. According to Sylvia Rimm‚ a child psychologist‚ money does not play an important role in achievement but consistency does. To illustrate‚ successful students always try to maintain their scores with unchangeable effort while others who
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Should Britain have a fully written codified Constitution? Britain is one of the oldest democracies in the world‚ which has gradually evolved from Magna Carta in 1215 to the modern time. But one thing significantly differs the UK from all other democratic countries- that is its Constitution [which is a set of principles that establishes the distribution of power within a political system‚ the limits of government jurisdiction‚ the rights of citizens and the method of amending the Constitution
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In Another Country by Ernest Hemingway Copyright Notice ©2011 eNotes.com Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means graphic‚ electronic‚ or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ recording‚ taping‚ Web distribution or information storage retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher. ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks
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SALE OF GOODS Ref: Sale of Goods Act‚ 1930. SALE A contract to transfer the ownership (title) of the goods from one person (seller) to another (buyer) for a price as consideration is called Sale. ESSENTIALS OF A SALE 1. Two Parties 2. Transfer of title. 3. Goods. 4. Price. AGREEMENT TO SELL Where under a contract of sale the transfer of ownership in the goods is to take place at some future time subject to some condition thereafter to be fulfilled the
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Immigration laws have constantly changed throughout history. That doesn’t mean people should keep out people who want a better life for themselves‚ and their families as well. I strongly feel that the immigration laws should be changed‚ for the citizens who desperately want out of their country and their country’s dangers. Thousands of people outside of the United States have many reasons to why they want to immigrate to different countries. How the government sees immigrants is that they bring trouble
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pets are being ripped from their grasps because of BSL laws. What’s up with that? BSL means breed specific legislation and it’s laws are made to help protect people and communities from “blacklisted” dogs‚ but does BSL actually do what it’s meant for and really stop dog attacks. Many people are agreeing that breed specific laws are not helping. Here is my opinion on this controversial argument. BSL laws should not exist and do more harm than good‚ not just to the “blacklisted” dogs but also to the people
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