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Hong Kong's Online Arbitration Platform provides a cheaper and in many cases effective alternative to traditional dispute resolution methods. This article explorer the platform and highlights the newly tailored rules in force since February 2025.

Hong Kong's legal hub status is becoming ever more prominent in the region, matching well to its already established superconnector status in cross-border business. Adding the HQ of IOMed to its ranks in May 2025, Hong Kong has added to its attractiveness as a jurisdiction for settling disputes through mediation: a welcome addition to our ever more connected world.

Courts are slowly adoption more leniency and a business oriented approach towards recognition of jurisdictions in cross-boundary judgements

The legal industry, known to be profoundly traditional, is seeing an evolution driven by advances TAR, an AI enabled tool

SLAPPs are legal actions that are abusive and an improper use of the legal system. Thankfully measures to curb SLAPPs are on the rise.

Mediation in litigation has evolved over the last decade, with facilitative and sometimes evaluative mediation styles being used....

While mediation develops differently in each jurisdiction, the global pandemic has introduced the worldwide practice of online mediation...

From corporate law to criminal trials, read about my experience of the arraignment, jury empanelment, witness calling, and verdict day in...

According to the recently released 2022 case statistics, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) has had its highest...

Nowadays, mediation is placed under the heading ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’, an apparent adjunct to the main branch of justice. Yet,...

Mediation as an alternative, or at least a complement, to litigation is well-established. By condensing the negotiating process and...

“The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.” —Desmond Morris INTRODUCTION With the ever-booming development of the...

“There is more at stake here than just our lives… It is the lives around us…” —Jonathan Kent INTRODUCTION Throughout the world, the...

“Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.” - Blaise Pascal Introduction Most people upon the realization...

“The secret of crisis management is not good vs. bad, it’s preventing the bad from getting worse.” - Andy Gilman Introduction With the...

“Survey and test prospective action before undertaking it. Before you proceed, step back and look at the big picture, lest you act rashly...

On 1 December 2020, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) published the latest version of its Arbitration Rules, which came into...

1. The Hong Kong Court Has Power To Grant Interim Injunctions In cases where there is a real risk that a Defendant or intended Defendant...

This article was co-authored by Joshua Chu from ONC Lawyers. There is an old English saying, “manners maketh man”. It essentially means...

在區域法院法官李樹旭最近頒發的判決書(Wang Ho Yin Patrick v Fu Chun Lung & Ors. [2018] HKDC 301)中，法庭再次向法律從業員強調良好訴訟行為的重要性。 背景 原告人發出傳票更改湯林命令(Tomlin...