Hong Kong: Navigating Competition Investigations – Knowing Your Legal Rights and Protecting Your Business (Webinar Invitation – 7 July 2022)

In 2008, Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal issued a landmark judgment in Koon Wing Yee v Insider Dealing Tribunal deciding that if a regulator is seeking a financial penalty, the individual or company being investigated is, for human rights purposes, facing a criminal charge and entitled to fundamental Bill of Rights protections.

Hong Kong’s competition law was being drafted at the time. The enforcement framework and law were fundamentally rewritten because of Koon. The Administration said that appropriate criminal safeguards, including fair trial, protection against self-incrimination and standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt, must be in place both during investigation and trial to meet the requirements of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights. In 2019, in the first case to come to trial, Hong Kong’s Competition Tribunal agreed. 

These developments raise important issues about the procedure to be adopted in competition law investigations and prosecutions. We will review the implications from dawn raids and compulsory document/information requests through to compelled interviews and trial. We will explain how these principles play out in practice, and how you can best protect your business, directors and employees throughout the process. 

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We look forward to welcoming you at the webinar.

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