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Head III

OLQE 2008

Head III Speakers
Commercial & Company Law
Anne Carver Anne Carver
BA, MA (Cantab), Professional Consultant, School of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Anne Carver is a Professional Consultant at the School of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong and an Honorary Lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Hong Kong. She is the author of Corporate Governance - the Hong Kong Debate (with Say Goo), and specializes in comparative company law. She also writes on employment and trade union issues in Hong Kong as a benchmark for the ideology of the rule of law and normative values and is researching the significance of 'good faith' in Hong Kong commercial law.
Syren Johnstone Syren Johnstone
BA (Hons), MSc (Oxon), MA (Law)Visiting Fellow, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, University of Hong Kong

Syren Johnstone is a Consultant on corporate and joint venture transactions in the Asia region. He also teaches Securities Regulation as part of the LLM programme at the University of Hong Kong. In 2006 he co-authored a book "Financial Markets in Hong Kong: Law and Practice" published by Oxford University Press. He practised as a solicitor with Linklaters before undertaking roles with BSCH as Regional Head of Legal and Compliance and with Societe Generale as Regional Head of Transaction Management and responsible officer for Equity Corporate Finance.
Mock Exam Feedback
Benny K.C. LO Benny K.C. LO
BA (Cantab) BPharm PhD (Nottingham) ACIArb, Barrister-at-Law, Des Voeux Chambers

Benny Lo is a practising barrister in Hong Kong with experience in company, commercial, intellectual property and general civil litigation. He graduated from the University of Cambridge Law School in 2006 and was awarded the Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship by the Hong Kong Bar Association in 2007. Benny Lo also holds a doctoral degree in Pharmacy. Prior to joining the Hong Kong Bar, he had worked as a full-time pharmaceutical practitioner and researcher in England for 7 years. He has also gained Accreditation as a Mediator by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre.
Head III Examination Date
4 November 2008 (Tuesday)
Head III Class Schedule
Date Time Hrs Topic   Speaker Remarks
Mon 14 Jul 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law L1 Anne * Introduction to Business Organisations
* Company Practice
Thu 17 Jul 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law L2 Anne * Hong Kong Joint Ventures
Wed 23 Jul 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law L3 Anne * Receiverships
Thu 24 Jul 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law L4 Anne * Charges, Other Forms of Security, and Guarantees
Fri 25 Jul 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law L5 Anne * Company Liquidations
Mon 11 Aug 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law L6 Syren * Securities and Investor Protection
Mon 18 Aug 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law L7 Syren * Corporate Governance
Tue 19 Aug 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Commercial & Company Law L8 Syren * Acquisition of a Private Company
Tue 26 Aug 6:30pm - 9:15pm 2.5 Commercial & Company Law L9 Syren * Acquisition of a Private Company
Tue 16 Sep 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law R1 Syren
Thu 25 Sep 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law R2 Anne
Mon 29 Sep 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Commercial & Company Law R3 Syren
Mon 6 Oct 6:30pm - 10:00pm 3.5 Mock Examination
Thu 23 Oct 6:30pm - 9:45pm 3 Mock Exam Feedback Benny
Head III Class Venue
Room 306, 3/F Printing House, 6 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong [View Map]
Signing in & out at Registration Registration begins 20 minutes before the start of each session. Bad Weather Policy Class sessions will be cancelled if a No. 8 higher tropical cyclone signal or black storm warning is raised within 3 hours before the start of registration or during the session. In the event of cancellation due to bad weather, the session will be re-schedule.
No CPD Course for OLQE 2008 at the moment.
Examination Dates
Important Dates
  • Closing date for lodging application to sit the 2008 OLQE Examinations11 Jul 2008 (Fri)
  • Closing date for registration to sit the 2008 OLQE Examinations22 Aug 2008 (Fri)
  • The Examination will test candidates on the relevant law up to31 Aug 2008 (Sun)
  • Issue of candidate slips15-19 Sep 2008
  • Last date to advise of disability27 Sep 2008 (Sat)
  • Last day to withdraw from Examiantion to be eligible for part refund of registration fee14 Oct 2008 (Tue)
  • Provisional date for release of the results30 Jan 2009 (Fri)