Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services
Meeting on
Monday, 28 November 2016, at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room 1 of the Legislative Council Complex
Updated Agenda
| I. | Information paper(s) issued since the last meeting(4:30 pm - 4:35 pm) | ||
| II. | Items for discussion at the next meeting(4:35 pm - 4:40 pm) | ||
| LC Paper No. CB(4)150/16-17(01)
(attached) | - | List of outstanding items for discussion
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)105/16-17(01) & (02)
(issued on 10 November 2016) | - | Two letters dated 2 November 2016 from Hon Holden CHOW Ho-ding requesting to (i) discuss the issue of "Measures for protecting mentally incapacitated persons during court proceedings" and (ii) to set up a sub-committee under the Panel to study the issue of raising the amount of claims that could be handled by the Small Claims Tribunal to HK$100,000.
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)172/16-17(01)
(issued on 23 November 2016) | - | Letter dated 22 November 2016 from Hon Holden CHOW Ho-ding requesting to discuss the relevant provisions of the railway contracts entered by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation with the contractors in the event that the projects concerned incurred cost overrun.
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)150/16-17(02)
(issued on 22 November 2016) | - | List of follow-up actions
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| *Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Members of the Legislative Council are invited to join the discussion of items III and IV.III. | Proposed Apology Legislation(4:40 pm - 5:40 pm) | ||
| LC Paper No. CB(4)150/16-17(03)
(issued on 22 November 2016) | - | Administration's paper on "Report of Second Round Public Consultation on Enactment of Apology Legislation and Final Recommendations"
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)150/16-17(04)
(issued on 22 November 2016) | - | Updated background brief on "Proposed Apology Legislation" prepared by the Legislative Council ("LegCo") Secretariat
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)174/16-17(01)
(attached) (English version only) | - | Submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association
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| *Legend symbol denoting All other Hon Members of the Legislative Council are invited to join the discussion of items III and IV.IV. | Law Reform Commission's Report on Third Party Funding for Arbitration(5:40 pm - 6:25 pm) | ||
| LC Paper No. CB(4)150/16-17(05)
(issued on 22 November 2016) | - | Executive Summary of the Law Reform Commission's Report on Third Party Funding for Arbitration
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)150/16-17(06)
(issued on 22 November 2016) | - | Administration's paper on "Response to the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong Report on Third Party Funding for Arbitration and Proposed Amendments to the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap. 609) and the Mediation Ordinance (Cap. 620)"
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)150/16-17(07)
(issued on 22 November 2016) | - | Background brief on "Law Reform Commission's Report on Third Party Funding for Arbitration" prepared by LegCo Secretariat
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| LC Paper No. CB(4)174/16-17(02)
(attached) (English version only) | - | Submission from the Hong Kong Bar Association
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| V. | Any other business(6:25 pm - 6:30 pm) | ||
Council Business Division 4
Legislative Council Secretariat
24 November 2016