Subcommittee on
Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) (Amendment) Rules 2016 and
Solicitors' Practice (Amendment) Rules 2016

Meeting to be held on Tuesday, 13 December 2016, at 10:45 am
in Conference Room 3 of the Legislative Council Complex

Updated Agenda

I.

Election of Chairman


(10:45 am - 10:50 am)

II.

Meeting with The Law Society of Hong Kong


(10:50 am - 12:40 pm)

L.N. 173 of 2016
(gazetted on 25 November 2016)

-Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) (Amendment) Rules 2016

L.N. 174 of 2016
(gazetted on 25 November 2016)

-Solicitors' Practice (Amendment) Rules 2016

(issued by The Law Society of Hong Kong on 17 November 2016)

-Legislative Council ("LegCo") Brief

LC Paper No. LS12/16-17
(issued vide LC Paper No. CB(2)296/16-17 on 1 December 2016)

-Legal Service Division Report

LC Paper No. CB(4)276/16-17(01)
(attached)

-Letter from The Law Society of Hong Kong dated 9 December 2016 responding to the letter dated 7 December 2016 from the Assistant Legal Adviser of the LegCo Secretariat concerning the Chinese text of L.N. 173 of 2016

LC Paper No. CB(4)276/16-17(02)
(attached)

-Marked-up copy of Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) (Amendment) Rules 2016 prepared by the Legal Service Division (Restricted to members)

LC Paper No. CB(4)276/16-17(03)
(attached)

-Marked-up copy of Solicitors' Practice (Amendment) Rules 2016 prepared by the Legal Service Division (Restricted to members)

III.

Any other business


(12:40 pm -12:45 pm)

Council Business Division 4
Legislative Council Secretariat
12 December 2016