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The objects of the Hong Kong Bar Association are generally to consider and to take proper action on all matters affecting the legal profession and the administration of justice. These include: the maintenance of the honour and independence of the Bar; the improvement of the administration of justice in Hong Kong;
In September 2008, a Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) survey reported Hong Kong and Singapore have the best judicial systems in Asia, with Indonesia and Vietnam the worst: Hong Kong's judicial system scored 1.45 on the scale (zero representing the best performance and 10 the worst); Singapore with a grade of 1.92, followed by ...
It replaced the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London as the highest appellate court of Hong Kong, The Court comprises five judges — the Chief Justice, three permanent judges and one non-permanent judge from Hong Kong or another common law jurisdiction. There is a panel of eight non-permanent Hong Kong judges and nine non ...
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.
The bar association is composed of three types of lawyers: junior lawyers, who may plead before any court except the Supreme Court and Court of Review but may not represent parties, lawyers, who may plead before any court and represent parties before criminal courts, the Magistrate's Court, the Employment Tribunal, and cases provided for by law ...
However, since the expense of using a solicitor can potentially defeat the 'cost-saving' purpose of the Public Access Scheme, consumers have the option of using a provider of Public Access Legal Support service (PALS), which is a specialised paralegal resource catering to barristers and clients who work together within the framework of the ...
A review of the extent to which the courts in Hong Kong could consider the commercial purpose of the parties when interpreting a commercial contract was occasioned by the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal's consideration of the lower courts' rulings in Sinoearn International Ltd v Hyundai-CCECC Joint Venture (A Firm), with a ruling published in ...
Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Bar associations of Asia" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.