Urgent and Essential Hearings and Matters to be Handled During the General Adjourned Period
During the General Adjourned Period, court proceedings will continue to be generally adjourned and court registries/offices will continue to be closed, saved for handling urgent and essential court hearings and matters.
The updated list of urgent and essential hearings and matters are provided below for reference of court users and the public.
Starting from 30 March 2020, three Magistrates' Courts ("MCs") will operate each day from Monday to Friday (except public holidays) and the holiday sittings will be adopted for public holidays. The detailed arrangements for the period from 8 April to 3 May 2020 are as follows:
| April 8 (Wednesday) | Eastern MCs, Kowloon City MCs and Tuen Mun MCs will open |
| April 9 (Thursday) | Eastern MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Shatin MCs will open |
| April 10 (Friday) | No MCs will open |
| April 11 (Saturday) | Holiday sitting will be adopted and Eastern MCs will open |
| April 12 (Sunday) | No MCs will open |
| April 13 (Monday) | Holiday sitting will be adopted and Eastern MCs will open |
| April 14 (Tuesday) | Eastern MCs, Kowloon City MCs and Fanling MCs will open |
| April 15 (Wednesday) | Kwun Tong MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Tuen Mun MCs will open |
| April 16 (Thursday) | Eastern MCs, Kowloon City MCs and Shatin MCs will open |
| April 17 (Friday) | Eastern MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Tuen Mun MCs will open |
| April 18 (Saturday) | Saturday sitting will be adopted, i.e. Kwun Tong MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Fanling MCs will open |
| April 19 (Sunday) | No MCs will open |
| April 20 (Monday) | Kwun Tong MCs, Kowloon City MCs and Shatin MCs will open |
| April 21 (Tuesday) | Eastern MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Fanling MCs will open |
| April 22 (Wednesday) | Eastern MCs, Kowloon City MCs and Tuen Mun MCs will open |
| April 23 (Thursday) | Kwun Tong MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Shatin MCs will open |
| April 24 (Friday) | Eastern MCs, Kowloon City MCs and Fanling MCs will open |
| April 25 (Saturday) | Saturday sitting will be adopted, i.e. Kwun Tong MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Fanling MCs will open |
| April 26 (Sunday) | No MCs will open |
| April 27 (Monday) | Eastern MCs, Kowloon City MCs, and Tuen Mun MCs will open |
| April 28 (Tuesday) | Kwun Tong MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Shatin MCs will open |
| April 29 (Wednesday) | Eastern MCs, Kowloon City MCs and Fanling MCs will open |
| April 30 (Thursday) | Holiday sitting will be adopted and Kwun Tong MCs will open |
| May 1 (Friday) | No MCs will open |
| May 2 (Saturday) | Saturday sitting will be adopted, i.e. Kwun Tong MCs, West Kowloon MCs and Fanling MCs will open |
| May 3 (Sunday) | No MCs will open |
Latest list of urgent and essential hearings and matters
Archive of previous lists of urgent and essential hearings and matters
- List as effective from 30 March to 13 April 2020
- List as effective from 23 March to 5 April 2020
- List as effective from 9 to 22 March 2020
- List as effective from 2 to 8 March 2020
The Judiciary has announced that the General Adjourned Period will end on 3 May 2020. From 4 May 2020, all court proceedings will generally be resumed according to the principle of “doing business safely as circumstances permit”. For details, please refer to the press release issued on 22 April 2020 and the notification for stakeholders about general resumption of court business from 4 May 2020 issued on 29 April 2020.