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Blue Dragon has recently published three up-to-date practical legal manuals on the current state of Hong Kong law in different areas of legal practice - contract law essential principles, employment law, and the law of evidence. These reflect Hong Kong law as of 01 August 2009. They are directed at legal practitioners, business people, and postgraduate level academic study. For more details about our portfolio contact us at publishing@bluedragon.com.hk.

HONG KONG CONTRACT LAW CASE SUMMARIES

	Title	Hong Kong Contract Law Case Summaries
	ISBN	978-988-18250-18
	Author	Dmitri M A Hubbard
	Binding	Hardback
	Extent	220 pages
	Price	HKD350.00

“......it will grow to become the trusted companion of several generations of law students and practitioners......” - Justice Michael Hartmann, Hong Kong Court of Appeal

Contents
300 alphabetically arranged cases with a brief discussion of the facts, major contract law issues, views of the judges in the court decision, quotations, and policy impact or Hong Kong specific points of note.

Suitable for lawyers, students, HR professionals and anyone involved in the drafting or enforcement of agreements.

HONG KONG EMPLOYMENT LAW

	Title	Hong Kong Employment Law
	ISBN	978-988-18250-01
	Author	Dmitri M A Hubbard
	Binding	Hardback
	Extent	552 pages
	Price	HKD650.00

This book aims to give the reader a detailed understanding of how the Hong Kong courts have tackled all the major issues of employment law including:

• Who is entitled to employment benefits and protection?
• What can an employer do and not do regarding specific employment arrangements and processes with employees?
• What is the scope of implied terms on employers and employees not expressed in the employment contract?
• What is the effect of the discrimination protections on employee rights and employer policy?
• When is the employer liable for the conduct of the employee?
• What restrictions can an employer place on an employee during and after the employment?

Contents
Seventeen chapters including tables and index:
1      Hong Kong employment law and practice
2      Who is an employee?
3      Who is in continuous employment?
4      The Labour Tribunal and other forums
5      Trade unions and industrial relations
6      Leave and holidays
7      Wages and payroll
8      Termination
9      Long service, severance and employment protection
10    Implied duties of the employer
11    Implied duties of the employee
12    Restrictive covenants and garden leave
13    Vicarious liability
14    Employees’compensation
15    Discrimination
16    Employment agencies
17    Agency law

Suitable for lawyers, HR professionals, students, and anyone involved in managing staff or personnel decisions in Hong Kong.

HONG KONG LAW OF EVIDENCE

	Title	Hong Kong Law of Evidence
	ISBN	978-988-18250-56
	Author	Mike McConville, Dmitri M A Hubbard
	Binding	Hardback
	Extent	456 pages
	Price	HKD600.00

 This book sets out the main principles of the law of evidence in Hong Kong with special emphasis on criminal cases. While there remains considerable dependence upon the common law decision of the courts in England and Wales, as the text will demonstrate, uncritical reliance on these decisions would be a serious mistake. Hong Kong has taken its own path, in many instances drawing upon jurisprudence from other countries. The book coves all the major topics in the law of evidence. The authors have sought to alert the reader to relevant legal material in other jurisdictions and to the writings of commentators and significant empirical research which provides a richer context within which the rules of evidence are set. The rules are subject to critical scrutiny at all points.

Contents
Fourteen chapters including tables and index:
1      The law of evidence
2      Burden and standard of proof
3      Presumptions, judicial notice, formal admissions
4      Admissions and confessions
5      Evidence obtained unlawfully or unfairly
6      Witnesses – competence, compellability, defendants
7      Similar fact evidence
8      Spouses, children and other vulnerable witnesses
9      Identification evidence
10    The rule against hearsay
11    Opinion / expert evidence
12    Issues that arise at trial
13    Documentary and real evidence
14    Disclosure, public interest immunity and privilege

Suitable for barristers, criminal lawyers, prosecutors or students and academics interested in the Hong Kong criminal justice system.

THE AUTHORS

Dmitri Hubbard, lectures at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong in commercial and criminal law subjects. He has written widely over the past six years on topics involving Hong Kong’s employment law, contract law, commercial law, jury and criminal justice system and the law of evidence.

Mike Mconville, Dean of Law at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, is a leading socio-legal scholar specializing in empirical research. He has researched an written on such topics related to the law of evidence including police interrogation, legal aid and assistance, plea bargaining, and trial by jury.