Hong Kong Bar Association

Circular No. 088/03

To : Members of the Bar Association

From : Andrew Mak - Hon. Secretary

Date : 6 October 2003

BAR CIRCULARS VIA MASS E-MAIL

Recently some members have encountered problems in receiving e-mail copies of the Bar Circulars sent from rani@hkba.org. Preliminary investigations have been conducted and it shows that this may often be caused by additional security measures taken by members themselves, such as the installation of spam filters, and the blocking of bulk or unknown email by members' Internet Service Provider ("ISP").

Members receiving circulars by e-mail are therefore advised to check that their own settings and the filters applied by their ISP to recognize and permit the receipt and downloading of all e-mail from our domain name, namely, hkba.org to their servers and destination computers.

The normal routine is that Bar Circulars are sent out regularly once a week, on Tuesday or Wednesday. If there is any problem of non-delivery of a Bar Circular sent by email, please let Rani of the Bar Secretariat know so that an extra copy may be sent. We appreciate that the system can only work if there is nothing wrong from both ends so please ask your secretary to see whether there is any problem such as mentioned above in case you encounter any problem of receipt of e-mails from the Bar Secretariat.

Bar Circulars are also uploaded to the Bar's website www.hkba.org. Members can view for themselves in the "Members" section.

The Bar Secretariat encourages members to accept receipt of Bar Circulars by e-mail as this is intended to save both time and costs (and trees).

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MIDDLE TEMPLE SCHOLARSHIPS

Advocacy Training

The Middle Temple Society in Hong Kong has been fortunate enough to be allotted a few places this year on the Middle Temple Advocacy Training Course by Mr. Michael Sherrard QC. The course, which will last 2 weeks, is to take place in London from 17 to 28 November 2003 and from 12 to 23 January 2004. It is intensive and has the reputation of being the best of its kind in London. It is suitable for barristers who have nearly completed their pupillage up to 3 years of practice. The Department of Justice are also sending people to attend the course.

The Middle Temple Society is providing a total of 6 scholarships covering economy airfare and entry fees of the course to suitable members of the Hong Kong Bar. Application is open to all but preference will be given to members of the Middle Temple Society in Hong Kong and their pupils.

If you are interested, please apply in writing by 17 October 2003 together with your C.V. to:

John Griffiths SC, CMG, QC
10/F, Bank of East Asia Building
10 Des Voeux Road
Hong Kong
Fax: 2810 5287