HKU space day 1 Overview

Question 1

Ask C&C about Jonathan Mok

Answer 1

Clyde & Co

Question 2

Shuttle bus pickup time

Aug 2

Answer 2

Admiralty exit c2, sportswear.

Question 3

Law juristdictions

Answer 3

• free law
• chinese law
• civil law
• American Law
• Common Law
• (Common Wealth Countries)

Question 4

Barrister

Answer 4

(Self employed)
Advocacy, Draft Pleadings
Oral or written advice

Question 5

Solit

Answer 5

• ## People Managment

Question 6

Solicitor Advocate

Answer 6

Rare, in Hong Kong, 100 solit advocates. Civil solit advocates (95)

Understanding contentious and non contentious law

SC, Barrister by judicary and peers that you are succesful then to appoint via panel of LS

Speak to PL

Question 7

Arbitration

Answer 7

Find a someone like a judge who relates to the field of work, more flexible than litigation. Arbitration is typically confidential.

Question 8

Ajudication

Answer 8

Making an official decison on who is right in a dispute

Question 9

Mediation

Answer 9

Involves third parties, does not help either side but seeks to find an agreement akin to a win win situation. Typically a creative situation

Question 10

Legal System In Hong Kong

Answer 10

• Common Law, Common Wealth

(legal research with west law applies)

Question 11

In house counsel

Answer 11

Private lawyer, typically within larger companies and banks as a private lawyer.

Question 12

Civil Law

Answer 12

• Pre eminence of codes and models
• Governmant takes full control over the written ordinances and rules ie; npc (national people congress)
• Lead by Judges ie; responsible for gathering evidence
• Judge directs lines of inquiry, in other words Judge leads case proceedings

Prescdent ie; judgements will be provided

Question 13

Common Law

Answer 13

• Commonwealth countries
• Use of Juries
• Importance of oral proceedings
• Adversial model of litigation
• Absecnce of comprehensive codification

Legal research via commonwealth

Question 14

Equity

Answer 14

Written/Unwritten Justice system

Question 15

Career Judicary

Answer 15

Civil Law Systems, first career can be a judge.

Question 16

Religous Law Systems

Answer 16

Certain countries adopt a relgious law system

Question 17

HCFI

Answer 17

Final appeal, public intreast

Question 18

CFI

Answer 18

Court of first instance

Question 19

DC

Answer 19

District Court

Question 20

FC

Answer 20

Family court

Question 21

Competiton Tribunal

Answer 21

Competiton Law (relatively new, 2018, investigation akin to criminal hearing) avoiding abuse of public intreast

Working with main and subs, fair or not

Question 22

Subsidary Ordinance

Answer 22

Not only the govermant can produce ordinances, key stakeholders in ares related to the ordinace can contribute

Question 23

Legal Practionary Rules

Answer 23

LPR

Question 24

Torts

Answer 24

Governing relationship people outside of contract disputes

Question 25

CFI

Answer 25

Civil Juridstiction and Criminal Juristidction

Question 26

Probate

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• Grant of probate
• Disputes over will, whether it exists or not
• Executor, acts
• Probate disputes

Question 27

Intestacy

Answer 27

-No will, Grant of adminstration

Question 28

Defamation

Answer 28

Effecting of the public image in a negative way

Question 29

District Court

Answer 29

75k-3million

Land recovery if does not exceeding 240k
Employee Claims
Tax Recovery
Impirsonment of less then 7 years
1 Judge divison

Question 30

Dept of Justice

Answer 30

Legal adviser and law draftsman of the government

headed by the secretary of justice

All criminal cases conducted by dept of justice

Dept of justice control criminal prosecutions

Question 31

Cross Examination

Answer 31

Gives the opposing party an opportunity to point out the weaknesses of a witness’s testimony, like holes in their story or a lack of credibility.