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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.

Author: David Ravenscroft , Senior Consultant Hong Kong Mediation in Litigation and How the Practice Has Evolved Mediation in litigation has evolved over the last decade, with facilitative and sometimes evaluative mediation styles being used. Pre-mediation meetings have become a significant trend, allowing mediators to understand the dispute, gauge the temperature and apply the most suitable mediation style. Mediation has now been part of the litigation landscape in Hong Kong

Author: David Ravenscroft , Senior Consultant While mediation develops differently in each jurisdiction, the global pandemic has introduced the worldwide practice of online mediation – a change that is here to stay. As a consequence, the importance of pre-mediation meetings has increased, reflecting the flexibility of mediation, a core principle of the service. How Mediation Practices Have Evolved in Hong Kong and Globally Flexibility is one of the core principles of mediati

Author: Kelly Leung , Trainee Solicitor | Co-Author: Tajriyan Siddiqui , Marketing Assistant From corporate law to criminal trials, read about my experience of the arraignment, jury empanelment, witness calling, and verdict day in a high-profile armed robbery case. Introduction to the Hong Kong Criminal Trial Process Being a trainee solicitor sees me mostly handling corporate and probate cases. Representing a client at a criminal trial over an armed robbery case however, was

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

Author: David Ravenscroft , Senior Consultant Nowadays, mediation is placed under the heading ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution’, an apparent adjunct to the main branch of justice. Yet, if we look back to its origins, mediation appears at the beginning of every civilization (whether Chinese, ancient Greek, Islamic or any other) whenever elders sought to resolve disputes impartially and peacefully. The key feature, then and now, is that disputants should take part in and constru

Mediation as an alternative, or at least a complement, to litigation is well established. By condensing the negotiating process and holding it in the most favourable of circumstances, mediation has enhanced the prospect of timely and cost-effective dispute resolution.

“The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.” —Desmond Morris INTRODUCTION With the ever-booming development of the construction industry both in Mainland China and in Hong Kong, the number of construction disputes has also been observed to be on a steady rise. Against this backdrop, the Hong Kong Construction Arbitration Outlook  continues to reflect growing demand for efficient and effective dispute resolution mechanisms. As a result, in order to ensure speedy dis

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

Most people upon the realisation that they are the victims of a cyber-fraud will panic. Question arises as to whether they should (i) contact the recipient banks, (ii) the police or (ii) get a lawyer to obtain an injunction.

“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...