I. | Confirmation of minutes of previous meeting
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2138/00-01 | - | Minutes of meeting on 24 April 2001 (issued)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2268/00-01 | - | Minutes of meeting on 26 June 2001 (to follow)
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II. | Information papers issued since last meeting
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1966/00-01(01) | - | A supplemental paper on the proposed amendments of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) to clarify the law on marital rape and related sexual offences
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1966/00-01(02) | - | A letter from Mr SIN Wai-man, Lecturer of the City University of Hong Kong to the Administration on the proposed legislative amendments on 23 June 2001
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2082/00-01(01) | - | A note prepared by the Department of Justice on the present position of the adaptation of the 53 Ordinances which contain the reference to the "Crown"
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III. | Items for discussion at future meetings
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| (a) LC Paper No. CB(2)2266/00-01(01) | - | List of issues to be considered (attached)
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| (b)Review of Legal Education and Training     in Hong Kong
| - | Report and Executive Summary of the Report of the Consultants issued to members on 10 August 2001
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| (c)LC Paper No. CB(2)2195/00-01 | - | Jurisdiction to award costs in criminal proceedings (issued)
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*IV. | Paragraphs 27 and 43 of the Concluding Observations of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on report submitted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
(4:35 pm - 5:15 pm)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2266/00-01(02) | - | Paper provided by the Administration on paragraph 27 of the Concluding Observations (attached)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2266/00-01(03) | - | Paper provided by the Administration on paragraph 43 of the Concluding Observations - Proposed change to the minimum age of criminal responsibility in Hong Kong (attached)
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V. | Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) (Amendment) Rules 2001
(5:15 pm - 6:00 pm)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2270/00-01(01) | - | Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) (Amendment) Rules 2001 (issued)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2270/00-01(02) | - | A marked-up copy of the Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) Rules (issued)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2270/00-01(03) | - | Report regarding the Solicitors (Professional Indemnity) (Amendment) Rules 2001 submitted by Horvath & Giles and Erving Brettell (issued)
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| LS143/00-01 and LS158/00-01 | - | Legal Service Division's Report and Further Report (to follow)
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| Paper provided by the Law Society of Hong Kong (to follow)
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VI. | Operation of the District Court and the High Court
(6:00 pm - 6:30 pm)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)1684/00-01(01) | - | Paper provided by the Administration (first progress report covering the period from 1 September 2000 to 28 February 2001) circulated to the Panel for information on 30 May 2001 (issued)
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| LC Paper No. CB(2)2265/00-01(01) | - | Paper provided by the Administration (second progress report covering the period from 1 September 2000 to 31 July 2001) (issued)
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VII. | Any other business
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