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MCS Criminal Litigation Practice Prize 2026
Winner of the City University Morley Chow Seto Criminal Litigation Prize 2026 - KWOK Keith Pak Hei 郭柏熙
National Security and Executive Powers
A legal overview of Hong Kong’s 2026 mechanism for classifying other offences as offences endangering national security.
Password Disclosure Rules in National Security Cases
New national-security investigation rules permit authorised demands for passwords or decryption assistance, backed by criminal penalties for unjustified non-compliance or false information.
Computer Crime Law Reform
In January 2026, the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong published its final report on Cyber-Dependent Crimes and Jurisdictional Issues.
Abdallah Revisited
The Court of Appeal invited submissions on how HKSAR v Abdallah [2009] 2 HKLRD 437 and HKSAR v Chung Ping Kun [2014] 6 HKC 106 should be construed and applied following the sentencing approach in HKSAR v Herry Jane Yusuph [2021] 1 HKLRD 290.
MCS Criminal Litigation Practice Prize 2022/2023
Congratulations to Miss LEUNG Jin Wei Emma , the winner of the City University Morley Chow Seto Criminal Litigation Prize 2023. Ms Leung wins the prize for achieving the highest mark in Criminal Litigation Practice on the PCLL course at City University. We wish Ms Leung every success in her future c
Doyles Guide to Criminal Lawyers 2023
Morley Chow Seto are happy to see all our lawyers recognised in the 2023 Doyle’s Guide to Criminal and White Collar Crime Lawyers Hong Kong with our firm recognised as First Tier!
Cannabis News
2023 has seen measures taken both in legislation and the courts to provide new and stiffer penalties for those involved in cannabis and its related products.
No Case to Answer
A closer look at the Secretary for Justice’s Reference No. 3 of 2021: CASJ 3/2021, presided over by the Hon Macrae VP, Zervos and A Pang JJA on 28 October 2022. A successful submission that there is no case to answer, usually at the conclusion of the prosecution’s case, is something of a holy grail