Vol. 21 of 1991
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Table of Cases Cited | vii |
| Table of Legislation Cited | viv |
| EDITORIALS | |
| The Case of the Vietnamese and their Boat | 1 |
| Perishable Laws | 11 |
| The Bilingual Legal System in Hong Kong: A Gloomy Future | 14 |
| Albert H Y Chen | 18 |
| Appointment of Magistrates | 147 |
| ARTICLES | |
| TAKING OTHER OFFENCES INTO CONSIDERATION IN HONG KONG by Michael Wilkinson | 19 |
| EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CHINESE CUSTOMARY LAW (BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK) by Stephen Selby | 45 |
| COSTS IN CRIMINAL CASES by Michael Wilkinson | 153 |
| CRIMINAL JUSTICE IN HONG KONG by Dieter Bindzus | 181 |
| CORRUPTION OFFENCES IN HONG KONG: REVERSE ONUS CLAUSES AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS by Lilian Y Y Ma | 289 |
| NOTES AND COMMENTS | |
| Official Information: Government Secrets or Public Asset? by Yash Ghai | 78 |
| Some Problems Regarding the Power of Constitutional Interpretation under Article 158 of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region by Trevor M Morris | 87 |
| Solicitor-Third Party Communications: Are they Privileged? by David James Plunkett | 100 |
| Further Authorities on an Advocate's Mishandling of the Defence as the Basis for an Appeal against Conviction by Michael Sandor and Michael Wilkinson | 200 |
| Fraud and Privilege Against Self-incrimination by D Fitzpatrick | 333 |
| Amiable Composition: Whither the Direction of Hong Kong Arbitration Law by J Arthur McInnis | 343 |
| LEGISLATION | |
| Civil Liberties and Treatment in Mental Health Law: The Mental Health (Amendment) Ordinance 1988 by Lo Man-chiu | 204 |
| Fatal Accidents in Hong Kong: The Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance and the Fatal Accidents Ordinance by G R McCormick | 218 |
| Limitation (Amendment) Ordinance 1991 by Richard Glofcheski | 353 |
| NOTES ON CHINESE LAW | |
| Recently Promulgated Laws and Regulations | 106, 235, 358 |
| CASE COMMENTS | |
| Employees' Compensation: Employee or Independent Contractor ? Lee Ting-sang v Chung Chi-keung and Shun Shin Construction & Engineering Co Ltd |
109 |
| Combined Transport Bills and a New Limitation to the Hague- Visby Rules Horst Karcher v Piff Shipping Ltd |
116 |
| Pitfalls in Joint Representation and the Use of Precedents Yeung Kwok-leung v Lam Cheuk-lai Yeung Kwok-cheung v Lam Yin-ha |
237 |
| Exclusive Jurisdiction Clauses and Multiple Plaintiffs The Frinton |
240 |
| Intellectual Property: Whether Patent Infringed Improver Corp v Raymond Industrial Ltd |
247 |
| The Power of Expertise: Medical Treatment and the Coroner's Court In the matter of an application by Dr Steven Lee Siu-hung for judicial review and In the matter of the conduct of Death Inquiry No 22/90K by W Banks esq, Her Majesty's Coroner, into the death of Madam Yuen Siu-wai, deceased |
253 |
| Retrospective Legislation and Existing Proceedings David Chiu Tat-cheong and Ors v Attorney General |
360 |
| The Bill of Rights and Remand in Custody Pending Trial: A Waming Shot? In the matter of South Kowloon Magistracy Court Criminal Case No K-4535 of l 99l |
362 |
| Academic Tenure and the Protection of Academic Freedom Jill Spruce v The University of Hong Kong |
374 |
| 'Recalcitrant Debtors' in a Town 'Pollinated by Gold': Hong Kong's First Bill of Rights Judgment Tam Hing-yee v Wu Tai-wai |
377 |
| PERSONAL INJURIES | |
| A Digest of Awards in Hong Kong | 123, 269, 399 |
| Interest rates and Consumer Price Indices | 129 |
| Multiplier Tables | 130, 274, 403 |
| SENTENCES | |
| A Digest of Decisions in Hong Kong | 131, 275 |
| REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS | |
| Reviews | 137, 281, 404 |
| Books Received | 146, 288, 414 |