Hong Kong Bar Association

Circular No. 020/04

To : Members of the Bar Association

From : Andrew Mak - Hon. Secretary

Date : 8 March 2004

CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM:
FINAL REPORT AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Please note that Chief Justice's Working Party on Civil Justice Reform has released the Final Report of the Working Party and its Executive Summary on 3 March 2004.

For those who may wish to have a hard copy, they are kindly requested to send their office assistants to collect the copies of the report from the Bar Secretariat, LG2, High Court, 38 Queensway.

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QUARTERLY ASSIGNMENT STATISTICS

The Legal Aid Department has sent us a copy of the quarterly assignment statistics of legal aid cases (for the period from January to December 2003) to the Legal Aid Practitioners' Liaison Committee. Members who are interested to view them will find the same on the Notice Board at the Bar Secretariat, LG2, High Court.

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OVERSEAS CONFERENCES

Members may wish to note the following International Conferences:

1. 17th ICCA Conference which will be held in China World Hotel, Beijing from 16 - 18 May 2004. The topic for this three-day Conference is "New Horizon in International commercial Arbitration and Beyond". For further details and registration forms, please contact the conference office at icca2004@cietac.org alternatively you can download the forms from the conference website at www.icca-2004.org.

2. Australian Bar Association Conference 2004 to be held in Florence, Italy from 2 - 5 July 2004. The topic for this Conference is "Advocacy in a Changing World". You may contact Mr. Dan O'connor for further details and registration forms at tel: 07 3236 2477, fax: 07 3236 1180 or email: doconnor@austbar.asn.au.

3. 42nd Annual Congress of the International Association of Young Lawyers (aija) to be held in Napoli, Italy from 24 - 28 August 2004. The Conference is recommended for all young lawyers from around the world to explore critical legal issues and to engage in discussions affecting their profession and their systems of justice. For further details and registration forms, please contact the conference office at info@aijanapoli2004.it alternatively you can download the forms from the conference website at www.aijanapoli2004.it.

For any further enquiries members may also contact Rani Romani at the Bar Secretariat at 2869 0210.

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SECOND-HAND BOOKS FOR SALE

1. BCLC
- 1983 to 1997 Vol. 1 - $8,000 for 18 vols.

2. ALL ER
- 1558 to 1935 - $10,000 for 36 vols.
- 1963 to 1997 - $35,000 for 184 vols.

3. The Digest
- 2nd Re-issue 1992 to 1995 - $12,000 for 98 vols.

4. Halsbury's Laws of England
- 4th Ed Re-issue to 1995 - $18,000

Those who are interested please call Miss Au Yeung at 2810-7222.