14 April 2025

Charging for Condiments and Fancy Water—Are Restaurants Crossing the Line

Charging for Condiments and Fancy Water—Are Restaurants Crossing the Line?

Charging for Condiments and Fancy Water – Are Restaurants Crossing the Line? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law A friend recently found an unexpected charge on his bill at a dim sum restaurant—an extra fee for a small chili sauce condiment he never ordered. It wasn’t within the traditional “tea money” (“cha gaai” – is […]

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Why do so many people not want to get to yes—and why might a German phrase help us do just that

Why do so many people not want to get to yes – and why might a German phrase help us do just that?

Why do so many people not want to get to “yes” – and why might a German phrase help us do just that? By HK Lawyer AJ Halkes Barrister-at-Law When I began studying law at university, one of our earliest required readings was Getting to Yes by Fisher and Ury (1981), a book focused on

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