| (Webinar via Zoom) Land Law and Building Management: Hot Topics and Case Studies |
| Date: |
24 April 2025 (Thursday) |
| Time: |
2:30pm - 5:45pm |
| Level: |
I (Intermediate)
For delegates who have prior knowledge of the subject area |
| Language: |
English |
| Fee: |
HK$ 1,850 |
| Accreditation: |
(3 CPD Points will be applied for) |
| Ref: |
L25CY02 |
| Venue: |
Webinar Course
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Presenter's Biography:
Isabel Tam graduated with a first class LLB and with distinction in her LLM. She was awarded the Bar Scholarship in 2012. Her practice has an emphasis on public law, family law, commercial law, regulatory matters, and building management. She also has an MA in competition law with distinction in the examination component, and was seconded to the Competition Commission.
She has appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, the Court of First Instance, the District Court and the Magistrates' Courts. She has also appeared in the Court of Final Appeal.
Her experience in public law includes: judicial reviews and hearings relating to the Small House Policy, the "Co-location Arrangement", the 3rd airport runway, immigration decisions, disciplinary decisions, and administrative tribunals.
Her experience in family law includes: children matters, ancillary relief, anti-suit injunction, and harassment-related proceedings.
Her experience in regulatory matters includes: representing the SFC in disciplinary proceedings and in trial, advising on competition law, advising on listing rules, and representing respondent and complainant in professional misconduct cases.
Her experience in building management includes: trials and hearings on adverse possession, management fees, disputes over common parts, IO meeting procedures, charging orders, and unauthorized building works.
Her legal experience outside Hong Kong includes working on a state-to-state international arbitration, researching at the International Environmental Law Research Centre in Kenya and a summer judicial clerkship at U.S. federal court. She is also called to the Bar in New York.
She regularly undertakes pro bono work, including advising non-profit organizations and acting for litigants on a pro bono basis. She is also interested in environmental law, and has advised and published on the ivory trade and trade in endangered species.
Before joining Chambers in September 2020, Emily was a Judicial Assistant at the Court of Final Appeal between 2019 and 2020, where she assisted judges in appeals, leave applications and other research and publications.
Emily is developing a broad civil practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers' work. She has experience in land (including land compulsory sale applications, adverse possession, landlord and tenant disputes and building planning), trusts, company, insolvency, competition law, tax matters, as well as judicial review and public law matters.
Emily completed her Juris Doctor degree and P.C.LL at the Chinese University of Hong Kong during which she was awarded prizes for academic excellence and advocacy. She also took part in the Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot and the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Prior to studying law, Emily read English Literature at King's College London.
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Outline:
- Changes introduced to the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance in December 2024
- Common issues in adverse possession claims
- Recap of basic principles
- Recent adverse possession cases
- Adverse possession by one co-owner against another
- Adverse possession against a disappeared owner - procedural aspects
- Adverse possession in respect of common parts
- Adverse possession by incorporated owners
- Recent cases in Building Management
- Construction of Deeds of Mutual Covenant
- Relationship between Deed of Mutual Covenant and First Assignment
- Acquiescence and waiver
- Procedure and practice
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| Category: |
Conveyancing |
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