Timothy Shaw

May 17, 2024 | lexology.com | Rachael Shek |Jojo Fan |Hannah Cassidy |Simone Hui |Timothy Shaw

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance has confirmed that, absent facts suggesting there is a real possibility that a transaction might be wrongful or improper, the presence of unusual or highly suspicious features in a customer’s instructions alone will not be sufficient to hold a financial institution liable for breach of its Quincecare duty of care.

Apr 29, 2024 | lexology.com | Gareth Thomas |Rachael Shek |Jojo Fan |Peter Ng |Timothy Shaw |Trevor Ho

After more than three years of litigation, the decision of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in Tam Sze Leung & Ors v Commissioner of Police [2024] HKCFA 8 has brought certainty on how the police, banks and financial institutions should deal with (or not deal with) funds reported to be proceeds of crime under section 25A of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 455) (OSCO).

Oct 4, 2023 | channelnewsasia.com | Timothy Shaw

SINGAPORE: How high will future sea levels rise? Answering this question carries great importance, particularly here in Singapore. Rising seas threaten our limited land area and developed coastlines that hold such economic, environmental and societal value. At the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), we have focused on this challenge for many years to better estimate how much the sea level will rise in Singapore and the surrounding region.