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Judicial Training
 

 Local Judicial Training Activities Organised by the Hong Kong Judicial Institute

DateActivity
31.3.2017Magistrates’ Workshop on “Skills on handling Self Represented Parties”
9.6.2017Coroners’ Workshop
5.7.2017Workshop on Wellbeing
6.7.2017Talk entitled “Restating the Common Law – the American Law Institute” by the Hon Mr Justice Robert FRENCH, AC, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
21.9.2017Talk entitled “Things to note in an urgent habeas corpus application” by the Hon Mr Justice Thomas AU, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
16.10.2017Talk entitled “Contractual Interpretation: Do Judges Sometimes Say One Thing and Do Another?” by The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey VOS, Chancellor of the High Court of England and Wales
21.10.2017Visit to Shek Kwu Chau Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre of the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drug Abusers
26 - 27.10.2017Induction Course for Newly Appointed Permanent Magistrates 2017
26.10.2017Talk entitled “Arrest and Release of Vessels – a simple roadmap” by the Hon Mr Justice Anthony CHAN, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
27.10.2017Talk entitled “Online courts, AI and the future of justice” by Professor Dame Hazel GENN, Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute, Faculty of Laws, University College London
23.11.2017Talk entitled “Mareva Injunctions and Other Urgent Injunctions” by the Hon Mr Justice Godfrey LAM and the Hon Mr Justice Anderson CHOW, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
24.11.2017Talk entitled “Mareva Injunctions, Anton Piller Orders and Miscellaneous Applications” by the Hon Mr Justice Godfrey LAM and the Hon Mr Justice Anderson CHOW, Judges of the Court of First Instance of the High Court
19.12.2017Briefing session on “Neutral Citation and Legal Reference System”

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 Other Local Judicial Training Activities Attended by Judges and Judicial Officers

DateActivity
18.2.2017The 2nd Guardianship Conference of Hong Kong, organised by the Guardianship Board
30.3.2017Lecture entitled “Case Management and Family Law”, organised by the University of Hong Kong
5.4.2017Talk entitled “The latest development of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgment: from an international perspective”, organised by the Asian Academy of International Law
7.4.2017Seminar entitled “Judging, Diversity and Sensitivity in Family Law – One Judge’s Views”, organised by the University of Hong Kong
27.4.2017Seminar entitled “Detecting Collusion among Competitors – Economic Evidence”, organised by the University of Hong Kong
8 - 11.5.2017Training programme entitled “Handling Expert Witnesses (Financial and Medical)”, organised by the Hong Kong Advocacy Training Council
4.7.2017Talk entitled “Real World Goals – Convergence and Cross-Fertilisation in Commercial Law” by the Hon Mr Justice Robert FRENCH, AC, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, organised by the Hong Kong Chapter, Law Council of Australia
22.8.2017Talk entitled “UK Defamation Act 2013 – Strengths and Weaknesses”, organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association
29.8.2017Talk entitled “Quality of Death – Law & Ethics”, organised by the New Medico-Legal Society of Hong Kong
31.8.2017Talk entitled “Politics, Secrecy and the Rule of Law”, organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association
13.9.2017Lecture entitled “Judges, Access to Justice, the Rule of Law and the Court of Final Appeal under ‘One Country Two Systems’” by The Rt Hon the Lord NEUBERGER of Abbotsbury, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, organised by the University of Hong Kong
21.9.2017Lecture entitled “Law Reform Challenges: The Judicial Perspective”, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
18.10.20172nd UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Judicial Summit 2017, organised by the Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, Department of Justice and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
20.11.2017Lecture entitled “Judicial Review: Does it Help or Hinder Good Administration?”, organised by the University of Hong Kong
15.12.2017Lecture entitled “Illegality and Statute - Where to Now?” by Mr Justice GUMMOW, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, organised by the University of Hong Kong

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 Judicial Training Activities Organised with/by Other Jurisdictions/Organisations

DateActivity
17 - 22.3.2017The Twelfth Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency, co-organised by the INSOL International, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) and the World Bank Group and the Tenth Quadrennial Congress of INSOL International in Sydney, Australia
5 - 7.4.20177th Annual Competition Law Workshop for Asia-Pacific Judges in Manila, the Philippines, organised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development / Korea Policy Centre
18 - 20.6.2017International Insolvency Institute’s 17th Annual Conference in London, England
31.10 - 3.11.2017Asia Pacific Coroners’ Society Conference in Glenelg, South Australia
5 - 9.11.20178th International Conference on the Training of the Judiciary of the International Organisation for Judicial Training in Manila, the Philippines

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