HKU space day 1 Overview Flashcards

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Ask C&C about Jonathan Mok

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Clyde & Co

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Shuttle bus pickup time

Aug 2

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Admiralty exit c2, sportswear.

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Law juristdictions

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

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

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Solit

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  • ## People Managment
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Solicitor Advocate

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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

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Arbitration

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

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Ajudication

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Making an official decison on who is right in a dispute

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Mediation

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

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Legal System In Hong Kong

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  • Common Law, Common Wealth

(legal research with west law applies)

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In house counsel

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

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Civil Law

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  • 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

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Common Law

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

Legal research via commonwealth

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Equity

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Written/Unwritten Justice system

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Career Judicary

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Civil Law Systems, first career can be a judge.

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Religous Law Systems

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Certain countries adopt a relgious law system

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HCFI

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Final appeal, public intreast

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CFI

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Court of first instance

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DC

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District Court

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FC

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Family court

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Competiton Tribunal

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

Working with main and subs, fair or not

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Subsidary Ordinance

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

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Legal Practionary Rules

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LPR

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Torts

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Governing relationship people outside of contract disputes

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CFI

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Civil Juridstiction and Criminal Juristidction

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Probate

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

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-No will, Grant of adminstration

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Defamation

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Effecting of the public image in a negative way

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District Court

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75k-3million

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

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Dept of Justice

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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

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Cross Examination

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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.

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