LegCo Panel on
Administration of Justice and Legal Services
Meeting on
Tuesday, 20 April 1999 at 4:30 pm
in Conference Room A of the Legislative Council Building
A G E N D A
| I. |
Confirmation of minutes of meeting
LC Paper No. CB(2)1690/98-99 - minutes of special meeting on 16 January 1999 (issued)
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| II. |
Items for discussion at the next meeting
(4:30 pm - 4:45 pm)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1693/98-99(01) - List of issues for discussion (to follow)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1693/98-99(02) - Paper prepared by the Administration on operation of the Court of Final Appeal (Item 2(a) of List of issues for discussion) (to follow)
Legal education
LC Paper No. CB(2)1693/98-99(03) - Paper prepared by the Administration (to follow)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1693/98-99(04) - Paper prepared by the Hong Kong Bar Association (English version only) (to follow)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1693/98-99(05) - Paper prepared by the Law Society of Hong Kong (English version only) (to follow)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1693/98-99(06) - Paper prepared by the Faculty of Law of the University of Hong Kong (Annexes A - D to the paper are not attached) (English version only) (to follow)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1693/98-99(07) - Paper prepared by the School of Law of the City University of Hong Kong (English version only) (to follow)
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| *III. |
Progress of Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance exercise in Government, Government-funded and Government-regulated organizations
(4:45 pm - 5:30 pm)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1692/98-99(01) - Checklist on key issues related to Y2K problem prepared by the LegCo Secretariat (attached)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1692/98-99(02) - Paper prepared by the Department of Justice (attached)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1692/98-99(03) - Paper prepared by the Judiciary (attached)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1692/98-99(04) - Paper prepared by the Legal Aid Department (attached)
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| *IV. |
Proposal to create one permanent post of Assistant Principal Legal Aid Counsel and to regularise the directorate structure of the Application and Procession Division of the Legal Aid Department
(5:30 pm - 5:45 pm)
LC Paper No. CB(2)1692/98-99(05) - Information note prepared by the Legal Aid Department (attached)
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| V. |
Public interest defence in criminal law
(5:45 pm - 6:30 pm)
#LC Paper No. CB(2)1506/98-99(05) - A note prepared by the Legal Adviser
#LC Paper No. CB(2)1506/98-99(06) - Paper prepared by the Administration
#LC Paper No. CB(2)1556/98-99(01) - Submission of the Law Society of Hong Kong
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| VI. |
Any other business
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Legislative Council Secretariat
16 April 1999
* All other LegCo Members are invited to attend the meeting for discussion of items III and IV.
# Papers issued for the Panel meeting on 23 March 1999
