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Swire hires JSM


Date: April 2009

Keywords (click to search): [JSM; Swire; Court of Appeal]

JSM acted on behalf of a subsidiary of Swire Properties in the successful Court of Appeal ruling in a planning case involving the Castle Steps Site in Hong Kong.

The case involved an application to the Town Planning Board for relaxation of the height and plot ratio restrictions and therefore an increase in the permitted gross floor area of the site. Lawyers FK Au and Alan Yip led the team of counsel advising on the case.