https://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php?title=Hong_Kong&feed=atom&action=historyHong Kong - Revision history2024-03-29T08:19:22ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.34.1https://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php?title=Hong_Kong&diff=381119&oldid=prevJsalome5 at 11:36, 4 October 20232023-10-04T11:36:19Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**i) The offence is derived from Article 43 of the NSL, which empowers the Hong Kong Chief Executive to enact additional rules for applying measures when the Hong Kong Police Force is handling cases concerning offences endangering national security. Chow Hang-Tung and two other former leaders of the Hong Kong Allicance were convicted for failure to provide information to the police under the national <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">secuirty </del>law.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**i) The offence is derived from Article 43 of the NSL, which empowers the Hong Kong Chief Executive to enact additional rules for applying measures when the Hong Kong Police Force is handling cases concerning offences endangering national security. Chow Hang-Tung and two other former leaders of the Hong Kong Allicance were convicted for failure to provide information to the police under the national <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">security </ins>law <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref> https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/chow-hang-tung-convicted-refusing-national-security-information-request-foreign-agent-case </ref></ins>. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**i) Although the offence of sedition is not included in the NSL, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ruled in December 2021 that Sedition under the Crimes Ordinance is an offence endangering National Security. A more stringent bail threshold may be applied to these crimes.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>**i) Although the offence of sedition is not included in the NSL, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal ruled in December 2021 that Sedition under the Crimes Ordinance is an offence endangering National Security. A more stringent bail threshold may be applied to these crimes <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref> https://hongkongfp.com/2021/12/30/ex-editors-of-stand-news-officially-charged-under-hong-kongs-anti-sedition-law-denied-bail/ </ref></ins>.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jsalome5https://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php?title=Hong_Kong&diff=381118&oldid=prevJsalome5 at 11:34, 4 October 20232023-10-04T11:34:30Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although a draft law was prepared after widespread consultation by the HKSAR Government in 2003, it was withdrawn in the face of political opposition and no such law has been locally enacted despite the passage of some 23 years <ref> Lai Chee Ying [2021] HKCFA 3 at §10 </ref> . </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although a draft law was prepared after widespread consultation by the HKSAR Government in 2003, it was withdrawn in the face of political opposition and no such law has been locally enacted despite the passage of some 23 years <ref> Lai Chee Ying [2021] HKCFA 3 at §10 </ref> . </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Especially since Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, the discontent among the public has been a challenge to the authority of the PRC. The Central Authorities decided to take such legislation into their own hands. The HKSAR government supported it and claimed that the HKSAR was facing an increasingly serious situation in relation to national security <ref> CE's Statement 22/05/2020 at ¶2 (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202005/22/P2020052200488.htm) </ref> . On 30 June 2020, the NPCSC duly decided to add the NSL to the list of laws in Annex III of the Basic Law to be applied locally by way of promulgation by the HKSAR. From the time the NSL was enacted up to June 2023, 260 people have been arrested on national security law grounds <ref> https://hongkongfp.com/2023/07/06/national-security-4-men-arrested-by-hong-kong-police-over-alleged-support-of-activists-abroad/. </ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Especially since Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, the discontent among the public has been a challenge to the authority of the PRC. The Central Authorities decided to take such legislation into their own hands. The HKSAR government supported it and claimed that the HKSAR was facing an increasingly serious situation in relation to national security <ref> CE's Statement 22/05/2020 at ¶2 (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202005/22/P2020052200488.htm) </ref> . On 30 June 2020, the NPCSC duly decided to add the NSL to the list of laws in Annex III of the Basic Law to be applied locally by way of promulgation by the HKSAR. From the time the NSL was enacted up to June 2023, 260 people have been arrested on national security law grounds <ref> https://hongkongfp.com/2023/07/06/national-security-4-men-arrested-by-hong-kong-police-over-alleged-support-of-activists-abroad/. </ref><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although a draft law was prepared after widespread consultation by the HKSAR Government in 2003, it was withdrawn in the face of political opposition and no such law has been locally enacted despite the passage of some 23 years <ref> Lai Chee Ying [2021] HKCFA 3 at §10 </ref> . </div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Although a draft law was prepared after widespread consultation by the HKSAR Government in 2003, it was withdrawn in the face of political opposition and no such law has been locally enacted despite the passage of some 23 years <ref> Lai Chee Ying [2021] HKCFA 3 at §10 </ref> . </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Especially since Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, the discontent among the public has been a challenge to the authority of the PRC. The Central Authorities decided to take such legislation into their own hands. The HKSAR government supported it and claimed that the HKSAR was facing an increasingly serious situation in relation to national security <ref> CE's Statement 22/05/2020 at ¶2 (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202005/22/P2020052200488.htm) </ref> . On 30 June 2020, the NPCSC duly decided to add the NSL to the list of laws in Annex III of the Basic Law to be applied locally by way of promulgation by the HKSAR. From the time the NSL was enacted up to June 2023, 260 people have been arrested on national security law grounds.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Especially since Anti-Extradition Law Amendment Bill Movement, the discontent among the public has been a challenge to the authority of the PRC. The Central Authorities decided to take such legislation into their own hands. The HKSAR government supported it and claimed that the HKSAR was facing an increasingly serious situation in relation to national security <ref> CE's Statement 22/05/2020 at ¶2 (https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202005/22/P2020052200488.htm) </ref> . On 30 June 2020, the NPCSC duly decided to add the NSL to the list of laws in Annex III of the Basic Law to be applied locally by way of promulgation by the HKSAR. From the time the NSL was enacted up to June 2023, 260 people have been arrested on national security law grounds <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref> https://hongkongfp</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com/2023/07/06/national-security-4-men-arrested-by-hong-kong-police-over-alleged-support-of-activists-abroad/. </ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Jsalome5https://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php?title=Hong_Kong&diff=381116&oldid=prevJsalome5 at 11:31, 4 October 20232023-10-04T11:31:31Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In total, there are more than 12,000 practising solicitors and barristers. At the end of May 2022, 939 local solicitor firms and 83 foreign law firms were operating in Hong Kong, including more than half of the Global 100 law firms.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>In total, there are more than 12,000 practising solicitors and barristers. At the end of May 2022, 939 local solicitor firms and 83 foreign law firms were operating in Hong Kong, including more than half of the Global 100 law firms <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref> https://research</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hktdc.com/en/article/MzEzODc5NTk5#:~:text=Hong%20Kong%20is%20the%20international,the%20Global%20100%20law%20firms. </ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Jsalome5https://defensewiki.ibj.org/index.php?title=Hong_Kong&diff=380724&oldid=prevJsalome5: /* Civil Cases - The Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme */2021-11-08T14:21:27Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Civil Cases - The Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Applicants for the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme are required to pass a means test (which has a higher financial threshold) and the merits test by demonstrating reasonable grounds for taking proceedings. It is not available to people who are defending proceedings, other than defence of counterclaims.<ref> See Part 1 of Schedule 3 to Cap 91</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Applicants for the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme are required to pass a means test (which has a higher financial threshold) and the merits test by demonstrating reasonable grounds for taking proceedings. It is not available to people who are defending proceedings, other than defence of counterclaims.<ref> See Part 1 of Schedule 3 to Cap 91</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Applicants for the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme are required to pass a means test (which has a higher financial threshold) and the merits test by demonstrating reasonable grounds for taking proceedings. It is not available to people who are defending proceedings, other than defence of counterclaims.<ref> See Part 1 of Schedule 3 to Cap 91</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Applicants for the Supplementary Legal Aid Scheme are required to pass a means test (which has a higher financial threshold) and the merits test by demonstrating reasonable grounds for taking proceedings. It is not available to people who are defending proceedings, other than defence of counterclaims.<ref> See Part 1 of Schedule 3 to Cap 91</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From the end of 2021, the yearly quota of civil cases overall possibly handled by individual lawyers will be decreased. The quota for barristers will decrease from 20 cases yearly to 15 cases yearly (25% decrease). The quota for solicitors will decrease from 35 cases yearly to 30 cases yearly (15% decrease).</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*(b) a merits test (for trials in the District Court and the CFI, legal aid will be granted if it is desirable in the interests of justice to do so; for appeal cases, legal aid will be granted if there are valid grounds for appeal and it is in the interests of justice to do so).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*(b) a merits test (for trials in the District Court and the CFI, legal aid will be granted if it is desirable in the interests of justice to do so; for appeal cases, legal aid will be granted if there are valid grounds for appeal and it is in the interests of justice to do so).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From the end of 2021, legal aid applicants will have to accept the lawyers assigned by the Department of Legal Aid unless there are “exceptional circumstances” (for example the nominated lawyers have already represented the representatives in lower courts), and aid recipients will no longer be able to choose their own lawyers, according to a consultation paper submitted to the legislature last week.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>From the end of 2021, legal aid applicants will have to accept the lawyers assigned by the Department of Legal Aid unless there are “exceptional circumstances” (for example the nominated lawyers have already represented the representatives in lower courts), and aid recipients will no longer be able to choose their own lawyers, according to a consultation paper submitted to the legislature last week. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><ref> Improvements of the Legal Aid System https://www.news.gov.hk/chi/2021/10/20211026/20211026_202115_602.html </ref> <ref> ILegal aid reform: Critics fear right to choose lawyer will be undermined but Hong Kong gov’t advisor says plan will be ‘fairer’ https://hongkongfp.com/2021/10/25/legal-aid-reform-critics-fear-right-to-choose-lawyer-will-be-undermined-but-hong-kong-govt-advisor-says-plan-will-be-fairer/ </ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">From the end of 2021, legal aid applicants will have to accept the lawyers assigned by the Department of Legal Aid unless there are “exceptional circumstances” (for example the nominated lawyers have already represented the representatives in lower courts), and aid recipients will no longer be able to choose their own lawyers, according to a consultation paper submitted to the legislature last week.</ins></div></td></tr>
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