Bills Committee on Civil Justice (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill 2007

Meeting on Monday, 11 June 2007 at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building

A G E N D A

I.Confirmation of minutes of meeting
(4:30 pm - 4:35 pm)

LC Paper No. CB(2)2127/06-07
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)2128/06-07 on 8 June 2007)

-Minutes of meeting on 30 May 2007

II.Meeting with deputations and the Administration
(4:35 pm - 6:25 pm)

Meeting with deputations

Deputations
  1. Hong Kong Bar Association
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)2111/06-07(01)] (issued on 7 June 2007)
    (English version only)

  2. The Hong Kong Mediation Council

  3. ADR Chambers (HK) Limited
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)2111/06-07(02)] (issued on 7 June 2007)
    (English version only)

  4. Hong Kong Law Costs Draftsmen Association
    [LC Paper No. CB(2)2111/06-07(03)] (issued on 7 June 2007)
    (English version only)
Individual
  1. Mr W S CLARKE
Written submission

LC Paper No. CB(2)2111/06-07(04)
(issued on 7 June 2007) (English version only)

-Submission from The Law Society of Hong Kong

Meeting with the Administration

LC Paper No. CB(2)1995/06-07(05)
(English version issued on 29 May 2007, Chinese version attached)

-Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 21 May 2007 to the Judiciary Administration on the long title, and Parts 2 and 4 of the Bill

LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1995/06-07(01) and (02)
(issued on 29 May 2007)

-Judiciary Administration's response to the issues raised on Parts 2 and 4 of the Bill

LC Paper Nos. CB(2)1995/06-07(03) and (04)
(English version issued on 29 May 2007, Chinese version of CB(2)1995/06-07(03) attached)

-Assistant Legal Adviser's letter dated 9 May 2007 and the Judiciary Administration's response setting out a summary of the views received on the "Consultation Paper on Proposed Legislative Amendments for the Implementation of Civil Justice Reform" published in April 2006

LC Paper No. CB(2)1836/06-07(01)
(issued on 14 May 2007)

-Marked-up copy of the Bill prepared by the Legal Service Division

LC Paper No. CB(3)452/06-07
(issued on 30 March 2007)

-The Bill

Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1960/06-07 on 23 May 2007
(English version only)

-Final Report of the Working Party on Civil Justice Reform published in March 2004

(A list of other relevant papers previously issued is available on the LegCo website at http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/english/bc/bc57/papers/bc57_a.htm)

III.Any other business
(6:25 pm - 6:30 pm)

Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
8 June 2007

Appendix

Other relevant papers previously issued

Papers issued before the formation of the Bills Committee

CSO/ADM CR 4/3221/04
(issued on 28 March 2007)

-The Legislative Council Brief on the Bill

LS62/06-07
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1703/06-07 on 26 April 2007)

-The Legal Service Division Report on the Bill

Other relevant papers

LC Paper No. CB(2)1837/06-07(02)
(issued on 14 May 2007)

-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat

Issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)1960/06-07 on 23 May 2007
(English version only)

-Final Report of the Working Party on Civil Justice Reform published in March 2004
Council Business Division 2
Legislative Council Secretariat
8 June 2007