ONC Newsletter February 2023

LEGAL UPDATE
Corporate Financey
•	The Stock Exchange published review results of Issuers’ Annual Reports
Regulatory & Compliance
•	Consultation paper on proposals to enhance the regulation of crowdfunding activities
Insolvency & Restructuring
•	Can a creditor present bankruptcy petition based on a claim for restitution for unjust enrichment?
Technology
•	SFC consults on the proposed regulatory requirements for licensed virtual asset trading platform operators
Competition
•	The Competition Commission revised the Model Non-collusion Clauses
Employment, Privacy & Discrimination
•	Court of Final Appeal finds Government’s refusal to allow transgender men using their acquired gender on identity cards without undergoing full sex reassignment surgery unconstitutional
Arbitration
•	Would the Court set aside an arbitral award based on procedural irregularity and public policy?
Insurance & Personal Injury
•	The long-awaited reform on awarding future pecuniary loss
Construction
•	Looking back and forward – Recent development on exclusion clauses in the construction context
FIRM NEWS
•	ONC Lawyers is awarded the “20 Years Plus Caring Company Logo”
•	Mr Dominic Wai is featured in Paradigm on his charitable work

法律新知
競爭事務
•	競爭事務委員會修訂不合謀條款範本
僱傭、私隱及歧視
•	政府拒絕未完成全面性別重置手術的跨性別男性更改身份證性別，被終審法院裁定違憲
保險及人身傷亡
•	未來金錢損失的賠償機制快將改革
建築
•	回顧與前瞻：建築範疇免責條款的近期發展
本所動態
•	柯伍陳律師事務所獲頒 20 年 Plus「商界展關懷」標誌
•	衞紹宗律師接受《Paradigm》專訪暢談其慈善工作