Vol. 19 of 1989
INDEX OF CONTENTS
| EDITORIALS | |
| Foreign Law Firms: Carving up the Legal Concession | 1 |
| Civil Liberties in Hong Kong: Freedoms of Expression and Association | 4 |
| Hong Kong Permanent Residents | 143 |
| Hire-purchase or Consumer Credit: The Modern Solution to a Nineteenth-century Problem | 147 |
| A Bill of Rights and Hong Kong's Existing Legislation | 283 |
| The Suppression of China's Democracy Movement and Hong Kong's Future | 283 |
| Editorial Note | 289 |
| ARTICLES | |
| Hong Kong, nationality and the British empire: historical doubts and confusions on the status of the inhabitants - Robin M White | 10 |
| The laws of Hong Kong - Michael J Downey | 147 |
| The long service pay scheme - Kevin Williams | 291 |
| NOTES AND COMMENTS | |
| Too Many Spoken Words? Has Orality Gone Too Far? - Neil Kaplan, QC | 43 |
| Intra-jurisdictional Error of Law: A Phantom Not Yet Laid to Rest? - G L Peiris | 51 |
| Using Chinese in the High Court: Constant Law, Changing Practice - Janice Brabyn | 61 |
| An Advocate's Mishandling of a Defence as the Basis for an Appeal Against Conviction - Michael Sandor Michael Wilkinson | 193 |
| Tax on Land Held for Investment? Mere Sale is Not a Change of Intention - A J Halkyard | 208 |
| Section 16(l)(g) of the Buildings Ordinance (cap 123) - A Shooters' Guide - Kemal Bokhary | 314 |
| Are All Appointments of Magistrates Since January 1984 Invalid? - David Clark | 330 |
| LEGISLATION | |
| Commissioner for Administrative Complaints Ordinance 1988 - David Clark | 69 |
| Changes to the Travel Agents Ordinance: A Major Policy Shift - Gary N Heilbronn | 345 |
| Inland Revenue (Amendment) Ordinance 1989 - A J Halkyard | 349 |
| NOTES ON CHINESE LAW | |
| Law of the People's Republic of China on Guarding State Secrets - A E W Conner | 87 |
| An Opinion on Several Questions Concerning the Implementation of the General Principles of Civil Law of the PRC - Donald J Lewis | 219 |
| Official Speculation and Profiteering - A E W Conner | 354 |
| Recently Promulgated Laws and Regulations | 96, 227, 362 |
| Translation: Interim Provisions Relating to the Determination of Obscene and Pornographic Publications - A E W Conner | 232 |
| CASE COMMENTS | |
| Administrative Law - review of policy change Immigration - change of length of stay |
100 |
| Securities - stockbroker and customer |
104 |
| Practice and Procedure - rules for pleading actions on dishonoured cheques |
109 |
| Criminal Procedure - laying of an information |
111 |
| Immigration - Hong Kong permanent resident status |
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| Tort of Conversion - assessment of damages |
235 |
| Administrative Law - judicial review |
243 |
| Administrative Law - judicial review |
246 |
| Employees' Compensation - loss of earning capacity |
248 |
| Practice and Procedure - application to strike out statement of claim for abuse of process - proceedings in an action on a dishonoured cheque |
367 |
| Mortgage - share mortgage |
372 |
| Intellectual Property - copyright |
376 |
| Practice and Procedure - multiple breaches of contract |
380 |
| PERSONAL INJURIES | |
| A Digest of Awards in Hong Kong | 117, 252, 384 |
| Interest rates and Consumer price indices | 122 |
| Multiplier tables | 124, 257, 390 |
| SENTENCES | |
| A Digest of Decisions in Hong Kong | 125, 258, 391 |
| REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS | |
| Reviews | 132, 265, 396 |
| Books Received | 141, 282, 412 |
| CORRESPONDENCE | 413 |