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Available in a revamped looseleaf containing over 900 pages of updated content, Volume 1 includes Hong Kong's original annotation of the Rules of the High Court, updated to include all the new rules coming into force on 2 April 2009, with extensive commentary and relevant extracts from our sister publication in the UK, The Civil Court Practice, Editor-in-Chief Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury (House of Lords and non-permanent judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal). Because of the extensive revisions, Volume 1 will expand to 3 binders.

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.

The standard reference on civil procedure in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Civil Court Practice provides the first ever comprehensive commentary on Hong Kong civil litigation, in two looseleaf volumes.

Written by a panel of leading Hong Kong practitioners and academics, under the editorship of WS Clarke, Hong Kong Civil Court Practice serves as both a localisation and interpretation for Hong Kong of information previously found only in English sources, greatly simplifying the practice of civil litigation in Hong Kong. It is an essential tool for every Hong Kong litigation lawyer.

Hong Kong Civil Court Practice includes:

The full text of the Rules of the Civil Court of Hong Kong; Detailed annotations providing local authorities on the rules; Comprehensive commentary on areas in which Hong Kong practice diverges from English; Hong Kong practice directions. Volume 2 of this work covers:

High Court Ordinance Court of Final Appeal Ordinance and Rules District Court Ordinance Limitation Ordinance Family Court Practice Hong Kong Practice Directions Looseleaf - 2 Volumes in 6 Binders (updated 3 times a year and chargeable by issue)

 

WS Clarke

WS Clarke BA LLB LLM is a Solicitor in private practice in Hong Kong, who is also qualified in British Columbia and Northern Ireland. He was a legal academic at the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), from 1980 to 1995, where he taught civil procedure and a range of other subjects. In addition to his current private practice, which concentrates on civil litigation, Mr Clarke is an Honorary Lecturer at HKU's Department of Professional Legal Education. He is the Editor and Main Contributor of Hong Kong Civil Court Practice and the General Editor of Hong Kong Cases.

P.Y. Lo

LLB (London), barrister of the English and Hong Kong Bars