Legal Beagle

The LGBTQ + community is united by a common culture and social movements. The LGBT community all over the world suffers from discrimination and persecution for simply being who they are. For most Hongkongers, being seen by their employer holding hands with their partner would be no big deal. But for those whose partner is of the same sex, it could lead to the sack – with no legal right to fight back. While Hong Kong has legislation that bans discrimination on the grounds of race, sex, disability, and family status, employer are permitted to discriminate on grounds of sexual orientation. Hong Kong has no legislation against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and sex characteristics at this moment. This exposes LGBTQ+ people to numerous discriminatory situations and therefore human rights abuses, such as being fired because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status, and non-provision of social welfare. ...

Legal Beagle’s success story has been showcased to see how emerging technologies are impacting Hong Kong’s business and professional services sector! Innovation and Technology are keys for economic growth. It enhances the competitiveness of Hong Kong’s industries. Invest Hong Kong has produced a booklet entitled “Harnessing Technology in Business and Professional Services” to promote Hong Kong as a key hub for technology-related business and professional services. Legal Beagle has been recognized by InvestHK as one of the companies who embraced the advancement of new technologies in helping our Hong Kong lawyers and law firms get their  CPD  and  RME  credit requirements easier. Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) is the HKSAR Government’s department for attracting foreign direct investment. Their goal is to help overseas and Mainland companies set up and develop their businesses in Hong Kong. Invest Hong Kong is an official arm of the Hong Kong governme...