HKU space day 1 Overview Flashcards
Ask C&C about Jonathan Mok
Clyde & Co
Shuttle bus pickup time
Aug 2
Admiralty exit c2, sportswear.
Law juristdictions
- free law
- chinese law
- civil law
- American Law
- Common Law
- (Common Wealth Countries)
Barrister
(Self employed)
Advocacy, Draft Pleadings
Oral or written advice
Solit
- ## People Managment
Solicitor Advocate
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
Arbitration
Find a someone like a judge who relates to the field of work, more flexible than litigation. Arbitration is typically confidential.
Ajudication
Making an official decison on who is right in a dispute
Mediation
Involves third parties, does not help either side but seeks to find an agreement akin to a win win situation. Typically a creative situation
Legal System In Hong Kong
- Common Law, Common Wealth
(legal research with west law applies)
In house counsel
Private lawyer, typically within larger companies and banks as a private lawyer.
Civil Law
- 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
Common Law
- Commonwealth countries
- Use of Juries
- Importance of oral proceedings
- Adversial model of litigation
- Absecnce of comprehensive codification
Legal research via commonwealth
Equity
Written/Unwritten Justice system
Career Judicary
Civil Law Systems, first career can be a judge.