Judicial Training


Local Judicial Training Activities Organised by the Hong Kong Judicial Institute
Date Activity
17.1, 19.1, 21.2, 27.2, 2.3, 16.5, 17.5, 19.7, 7.8, 21.8, 19.9, 19.10, 30.10 & 27.11.2023 Induction Briefings for Deputy Magistrates / Adjudicators
3.3 & 4.3.2023 Induction Course for Newly Appointed Permanent Magistrates
18.3.2023 Seminar on the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China
27.3.2023 Case Settlement Conference Experience Sharing Session
3.6.2023 Visit to the Government Laboratory
12.6.2023 Family Judgment Writing Sharing Session
13.6.2023 Training on e-court for Family Judges
26.6.2023 Talk entitled “Sir Edward Coke and the Common Law” by The Honourable Mr Justice Patrick Anthony Keane, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal
21.8, 23.8 & 27.11.2023 Masters Sharing Sessions
Oct 2023 Putonghua Courses
27.10.2023 Induction Course for Newly Appointed District Judges and Permanent Magistrates
22.11.2023 Briefing on Autopsy and Visit to the Forensic Medicine Centre
24.11.2023 Introduction to Case Settlement Conference
2.12.2023 Visit to the Independent Commission Against Corruption
7.12.2023 Briefing on Amendments to the Civil Procedure Law of Mainland China


Other Local Judicial Training Activities Attended by Judges and Judicial Officers
Date Activity
5.1.2023 Webinar entitled “Contractual Estoppel: A First Look at First Tower Trustees in Hong Kong”, organised by the University of Hong Kong
1.3.2023 Webinar entitled “The Knights Templar and the Origins of the Common Law of Trusts”, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
23.3.2023 Webinar entitled “The Application of the CISG in the GBA”, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
15.6.2023 Webinar entitled “Book Talk-The Timing of Guilty Pleas: Lessons from Common Law Jurisdictions (Cambridge University Press, 2023)”, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong
13.11.2023 Webinar entitled “Trusts in the Courts - a Period of Constant Change?”, organised by the University of Hong Kong
21.11.2023 Lecture entitled ““Law and Justice” and book signing for Croc and Roll Law”, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong


Judicial Training Activities Organised with/by Other Jurisdictions/Organisations
Date Activity
11-13.9.2023 International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (“INSOL”) International Conference 2023 in Tokyo, Japan
13-15.11.2023 2023 Asia Pacific Coroners Society Conference in Sydney, Australia

Last Update Date : 22-01-2024