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Hong Kong Civil Court Practice (Looseleaf Volumes + One Year Subscription to Online Contents and Updates in Print)

Author: WS Clarke; PY Lo; Michael Wilkinson
Publisher: LexisNexis Hong Kong
ISBN: 9780409999143
Published In: Subscription-type (Contents updated periodically)
Format: Loose-leaf (7 volumes) + Online Contents
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong ? Disclaimer:
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The Hong Kong Civil Court Practice is a comprehensive commentary on Hong Kong civil litigation. Your essential guide to bringing, defending and appealing in any civil proceedings.

The original standard reference to Hong Kong's civil procedure rules providing section by section annotations to the Rules of the High Court, the High Court Ordinance, the Limitation Ordinance, the Court of Final Appeal Ordinance and Rules, the District Court Ordinance and Rules, and a section devoted to family law statutes and subsidiary legislation, all with extensive commentary, discussion and comparative analysis, kept well up to date on a bi-monthly basis.

Providing answers to questions of law and fact, with a flip of a page, a click of a mouse, or a swipe on your screen

Keep abreast of the latest developments

Stay up to date with the latest decisions and changing regulations across multiple jurisdictions, with content updated on a bi-monthly basis.

An authoritative voice

Highly regarded content written by experts in the field, and have been cited in over a hundred Hong Kong judgments and academic discussions.

Advise with confidence

Equip yourself with the most obvious to the most obscure principles, cases, and points of law, and its application in various jurisdictions.

A streamlined research experience

Alphabetically indexed Table of Cases, Table of Legislation and comprehensive subject index provides a systematic research experience and optimises relevant search results.

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Updates: The content is updated 7 times a year to accommodate new cases, legislative changes as well as updates in the practice and procedure in this area of law.

Format: Looseleaf set (6 binders), Lexis Advance® Hong Kong & Lexis Red®

Contents:

The full text of the Rules of the High Court of Hong Kong
Detailed annotations providing analysis of and local authorities on the rules
Comprehensive commentary on areas in which Hong Kong practice diverges from English practice
Hong Kong practice directions

In Volume 2, the revised Rules of the District Court are accompanied by extensive commentary drawing from materials referred to in the revision of Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong, the Final Report of the Chief Justice’s Working Party on Civil Justice Reform (2004), Practice Directions, the English Civil Procedure Rules and reference cases. It will also incorporate the amendments

to the primary legislation to implement Civil Justice Reform and updates the civil procedure legislation in the Work.

Volume 2 covers the following instruments with detailed section-by-section annotations:

The High Court Ordinance
The Court of Final Appeal Ordinance and Rules
The District Court Ordinance
The Limitation Ordinance
Family Court Practice

Current Authors

WS Clarke, BA, LLB (Brit Col), LLM (London), Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Judicature in Northern Ireland, Solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Honorary Lecturer, Department of Professional Legal Education, University of Hong Kong, Editorial Board member of Hong Kong Cases

PY Lo, LLB (London), Barrister of the English and Hong Kong Bars (Co-authors for Volume 2), General Editor of Hong Kong Cases

Previous Author

Michael Wilkinson, BA, LLB (Cantab), Barrister of the Inner Temple, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong (Co-authors for Volume 2)