Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services (Agenda) 28 April 2025

Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services
Meeting on Monday, 28 April 2025,
from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm
in Conference Room 3 of the Legislative Council Complex
Agenda

I. 
Information paper(s) issued since last meeting
(4:30 pm - 4:32 pm)
LC Paper No. CB(2)722/2025(01)
(English version only)		-Information paper provided by The Law Society of Hong Kong on the recent development of solicitors practising as a solicitor corporation

II. 
Items for discussion at the next meeting
(4:32 pm - 4:35 pm)
LC Paper No. CB(2)674/2025(01)-List of outstanding items for discussion
LC Paper No. CB(2)674/2025(02)-List of follow-up actions

III. 
Law Reform Commission Secretariat – Progress on the Systematic Review of Statutory Laws of Hong Kong
(4:35 pm - 5:30 pm)
LC Paper No. CB(2)674/2025(03)-Paper provided by the Department of Justice
LC Paper No. CB(2)674/2025(04)-Background brief prepared by the Legislative Council Secretariat
In attendance:
Mr Paul T K LAM, SC
Secretary for Justice
Chairman, The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong 

Mr Wesley WONG, SC
Secretary, The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong

Mr Simon LAU
Deputy Secretary 2, The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong

Mr Terence LEE
Senior Government Counsel, The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong

IV. 
Cultivation of international first-class law firms and arbitration institutions
(5:30 pm - 6:25 pm)
LC Paper No. CB(2)674/2025(05)-Paper provided by the Department of Justice
LC Paper No. CB(2)737/2025(01)
(Chinese version only)		-Paper on “中資企業使用香港法律服務意願調查研究” provided by the Chairman
In attendance:
Mr Paul T K LAM, SC
Secretary for Justice

Mr Llewellyn MUI 
Solicitor General

Miss Cindy TANG 
Deputy Principal Government Counsel (Legal Enhancement and Development Office) (Acting)

Miss Tracy CHOI 
Senior Assistant Law Officer (Civil Law) (Planning, Environment, Lands & Housing) (Alternative Dispute Resolution) (Acting)

Dr Ling YANG
Director of the Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Office

Miss KWOK Hin
Assistant Principal Government Counsel (Legal Enhancement and Development Office) (Acting)

Mr Amirali NASIR
Vice-President, The Law Society of Hong Kong

Ms Christine CHOI
Assistant Director, Practitioners Affairs, The Law Society of Hong Kong

Ms Kim Margaret ROONEY
Bar Council Member, Hong Kong Bar Association

Ms Joanne LAU
Secretary-General, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

Ms Kiran SANGHERA
Deputy Secretary-General, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

Dr Thomas SO, JP
Chairman of eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre

Mr Albert LEUNG
Acting Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer, eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre

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

Council Business Divisions
Legislative Council Secretariat
24 April 2025