Hong Kong Civil Procedure 2024 (The Hong Kong White Book)

Highlights include:

• Updates on numerous new cases, such as: 
• whether or not to transfer the property of mentally incapacitated persons out of jurisdiction under the Mental Health Ordinance (Re CA (Mental Health) [2022] 2 HKLRD 915) 
• the test for whether, on discovery, part of a document can be withheld on grounds of irrelevance (Kwok Wai Fung v China Gas Holdings Ltd [2023] HKCFI 83, [2023] HKEC 69)
• it is not necessary for the court to approve the use of technology which a party’s lawyers believe will facilitate discovery, i.e. Technology Assisted Review.(China Metal Recycling (Holdings) Ltd v Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu [2022] HKCFI 2344) 
• interrogatories may be considered necessary if it can be shown that a clear litigious purpose is served, or there would be irreparable prejudice to a party if the requested information is not produced before trial (Wong Ying Grace v Dr Ho Wing Chiu Clement and Dr Humphrey Choi [2022] HKCFI 3109)

• Part B has been reworked to include completely brand-new commentary on the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance and Rules. 
• Extensively updated annotations to the Small Claims Tribunal Ordinance in Part T 

 

• Updated annotations to the Mediation Ordinance and various Practice Directions 
• Case references have been cleaned up to facilitate a smoother reading experience 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

THE HON. MR JUSTICE JOSEPH FOK P.J.

Court of Final Appeal

GENERAL EDITOR

MR MARTIN ROGERS

Davis Polk and Wardwell

GENERAL EDITORS—ARBITRATION AND ADR VOLUME

MR JOHN CHOONG

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

MR THOMAS WALSH

Clifford Chance

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

MR ANDREW BRUCE S.C.

QED Chambers

MR CHUA GUAN HOCK S.C.

Des Voeux Chambers

MR RAYMOND LEUNG S.C.

Temple Chambers

MR ANDREW LIAO S.C.

Andrew Liao S.C.’s Chambers

MR NORMAN NIP S.C.

Rede Chambers

MR JENKIN SUEN S.C.

Des Voeux Chambers

MR JOHN YAN S.C.

Andrew Liao S.C.’s Chambers

MR EDWARD ALDER

Prince’s Chambers

MS ASTINA AU

Temple Chambers

MR AU LUT CHI

Gilt Chambers

MR JOSH BAKER

Prince’s Chambers

MR DENIS BROCK

O’Melveny & Myers

MR BENJAMIN CHAN

Solicitor of the HKSAR (non-practising)

MR DEREK J. Y. CHAN

Parkside Chambers

MR GEOFFREY CHAN

Mayer Brown

MS JACQUELINE CHAN

Gilt Chambers

MR ROBERT CHAN

Parkside Chambers

MR JACKY CHENG

Simmons & Simmons

MR TOMMY CHEUNG

Des Voeux Chambers

MR EDWARD CHIN

Pantheon Chambers

MS Theresa Chow

Temple Chambers

MR VAL CHOW

Temple Chambers

MR DOUGLAS CLARK

Douglas Clark LLP

MS SHRINA DASWANI

Barrister

MR KNUT FOURNIER

The University of Law

MR TOM FYFE

Simmons & Simmons

MR WARREN GANESH

Reynolds Porter Chamberlain

MR DOMINIC GEISER

Latham & Watkins

MR BRIAN GILCHRIST

Gibson Dunn

MR YANG-WAHN HEW

Des Voeux Chambers

MS PHILIPPA HEWITT

Withers

MR JOHN HICKIN

Mayer Brown

MR MARTIN HO

Temple Chambers

MS SABRINA HO

Des Voeux Chambers

MR BARRY HOY

Robertsons

MR KIERAN HUMPHREY

O’Melveny & Myers

MR HUGH KAM

Gary Plowman S.C. Chambers

MR LAVESH KIRPALANI

Prince’s Chambers

MR MARTIN KOK

Des Voeux Chambers

MS ANNA K.C. KOO

Financial Dispute Resolution Centre

MS MYRANDA LAI

Bernacchi Chambers

MR BENJAMIN LAM

Parkside Chambers

MR BILLY LAM

Mayer Brown

MR JULIAN LAM

Temple Chambers

MR JUSTIN LAM

Des Voeux Chambers

MS ALICE LAU

Parkside Chambers

MR KERBY LAU

Des Voeux Chambers

MS JACQUELINE LAW

Des Voeux Chambers

MR ARTHUR LEE

Alan Leong S.C.’s Chambers

MS CONNIE LEE

Des Voeux Chambers

MR KEN LEE

Alan Leong S.C.’s Chambers

MS CELINE LEUNG

Gibson Dunn

MS DENISE LEUNG

Simmons & Simmons

MR KAISER LEUNG

Des Voeux Chambers

MS NANCY LEUNG

Mayer Brown

MS TERESA LEUNG

Pacific Chambers

MS LI CHUNG NAM

Robertsons

MR ALFRED LIANG

Des Voeux Chambers

MR MARK LIN

Hogan Lovells

MR LING CHUN WAI

Des Voeux Chambers

DR PUI YIN LO

Nanyang Chambers

MR MICHAEL LOK

Des Voeux Chambers

MR VINCENT LUNG

Parkside Chambers

MR NICK LUXTON

Gilt Chambers

MS BELINDA MA

Pegasus Chambers

MR AZAN MARWAH

Pantheon Chambers

MR SHAPHAN MARWAH

Pantheon Chambers

MS KAREN MENON

Deacons

MS TINA MOK

QED Chambers

MS PINKY NARI

Associate Member, Hong Kong Bar Association

MR AMIRALI B. NASIR

Nasirs

MR BOND NG

Bond Ng Solicitors

MS CARMEN NG

Deacons

MR ERNEST NG

Parkside Chambers

MR JONATHAN NG

Temple Chambers

MS PEGGY PAO

Pegasus Chambers

MR TIM PARKER

Denis Chang’s Chambers

MR SANJAY SAKHRANI

601 Dina House

MR NIGEL SHARMAN

Hogan Lovells

MS RACHAEL SHEK

Herbert Smith Freehills

MR ERIK SHUM

Erik Shum’s Chambers

MS KELLY SHUM

Rede Chambers

MR ALVIN SIN

O’Melveny & Myers

MR HARPRABDEEP SINGH

Alan Leong S.C.’s Chambers

MR FRANK SZETO

Robertsons

MS ISABEL TAM

Denis Chang’s Chambers

MS SARA TONG S.C.

Temple Chambers

MR ERIC TSOI

601 Dina House

MR MICHAEL WITHINGTON

Howse Williams

MS CAROL WONG

Sir Oswald Cheung’s Chambers

MS CHRISTY WONG

Erik Shum’s Chambers

MR HOWARD WONG

Des Voeux Chambers

MR PHILIPS B.F. WONG

Andrew Liao S.C.’s Chambers

MR THOMAS WONG

Temple Chambers

MR THOMAS WK WONG

Denis Chang’s Chambers

MS DORIS YEUNG

Fangda Partners

MR PETER YUEN

Fangda Partners

MS SILVIA YUEN

Simmons & Simmons

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS—ARBITRATION AND ADR VOLUME

MS CHIANN BAO

Arbitration Chambers

DR. PETER H. CHANG

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

MS FELICIA CHENG

Clifford Chance

MR ROBERT MORGAN

Barrister (England & Wales, Queensland, Australia)

MS KIM ROONEY

Gilt Chambers