Bills Committee on District Court (Amendment) Bill 1999

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Papers

• Administration's paper on "Applicability of the District Court Ordinance" [CB(2)1716/99-00(03)] (19 April 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Committee Stage amendments to District Court (Amendment) Bill (position as at 10 April 2000)" [CB(2)1716/99-00(05)] (19 April 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Proposed further Committee Stage amendments" [CB(2)1749/99-00(01)] (19 April 2000)

• Administration's responses to issues raised by the Bills Committee during the clause-by-clause examination [CB(2)1716/99-00(04)] (19 April 2000)

• Reply letter dated 18 April 2000 from the Administration to Messrs Munro Claypole & Reeves concerning section 32(3) and 32 (3)(b) (English version only) [CB(2)1737/99-00(01)] (19 April 2000)

• Administration's further responses to issues raised by the Bills Committee during clause-by-clause examination of the Bill (English version only) [CB(2)1588/99-00(01)] (5 April 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Appeals from District Court : Time for Appeals" [CB(2)1546/99-00(03)] (5 April 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Concordance Table comparing the Rules of the District court and the Rules of the High Court" [CB(2)1542/99-00(02)] (5 April 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Rules of the District Court" [CB(2)1542/99-00(01)] (5 April 2000)

• An updated set of CSAs proposed by the Administration (English version only) [CB(2)1588/99-00(02)] (5 April 2000)

• Paper prepared by the Legal Service Division on "Comparison of Provisions of the District Court (Amendment) Bill and Provisions of the District Court Ordinance (Cap.336)" [CB(2)672/99-00(03)] (5 April 2000, 27, 13, 6 March 2000, 29, 15, 1 February 2000 and 21 December 1999)

• Administration's paper on "Agreement as to jurisdiction : Clause 22 (section 39) of the Bill" [CB(2)1460/99-00(04)] (27 March 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Appeals from District Court : Application for Leave to Appeal" [CB(2)1496/99-00(01)] (27 March 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Committee Stage Amendments to District Court (Amendment) Bill" [CB(2)1496/99-00(03)] (27 March 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Interim Assessment and Payment of Costs" [CB(2)1460/99-00(03)] (27 March 2000)

• Administration's responses to outstanding issues raised by the Bills Committee during the clause-by-clause examination [CB(2)1496/99-00(02)] (27 March 2000)

• Administration's paper on "Appeals from District Court" [CB(2)1314/99-00(03)] (13 March 2000)

• Administration's responses to the comments raised by the Bills Committee during clause-by-clause examination [CB(2)1314/99-00(04)] (13 March 2000)

• Report of the Kempster Working Party on Amendment to the District Court Ordinance and Civil Procedure (General) and (Forms) Rules (Cap. 336)(English version only) [CB(2)1196/99-00] (13, 6 March 2000 and 29 February 2000)

• Administration's paper on interim assessment and payment of costs [CB(2)1214/99-00(02)] (6 March 2000 and 29 February 2000)

• Administration's paper on jurisdiction on probate matters [CB(2)1214/99-00(03)] (6 March 2000 and 29 February 2000)

• Administration's paper on manpower resources, waiting time and caseload of the High Court [CB(2)1214/99-00(05)] (6 March 2000 and 29 February 2000)

• Administration's paper on new civil procedure on "Standard Discovery" [CB(2)1214/99-00(01)] (6 March 2000 and 29 February 2000)

• Administration's paper on transfer of proceedings between courts [CB(2)1242/99-00(03)] (6 March 2000)

• Administration's response to the proposals put forward by Munro, Claypole & Reeves [CB(2)1214/99-00(04)] (6 March 2000 and 29 February 2000)

• Breakdown of the civil cases filed in the Court of First Instance of the High Court in 1999 [CB(2)1095/99-00(02)] (15 February 2000)

• Breakdown of the estimated civil cases that may be diverted from the Court of First Instance to the District Court under the new financial limits [CB(2)1095/99-00(03)] (15 February 2000)

• Extract of the Kempster Report relating to proposed section 39 on "Agreements as to jurisdiction" [CB(2)1095/99-00(01)] (15 February 2000)

• Letter dated 10 March 2000 from the Bar Association concerning proposed secton 39 (English version only) [CB(2)1378/99-00(01)] (15 February 2000)

• Response of the Law Society of Hong Kong on 14 February 2000 (English version only) [CB(2)1032/99-00(04)] (15 February 2000)

• Sample letter to the to the two legal professional bodies on concerns raised by the Bills Committee (English version only) [CB(2)1032/99-00(03)] (15 February 2000)

• Administration's responses to comments raised by the Bills Committee, Hong Kong Bar Association and Law Society of Hong Kong on the Administration's paper "New Procedural Framework for the District Court" [CB(2)1003/99-00(01)] (1 February 2000)

• Extracts from the Hong Kong Judiciary Annual Report 1999 relating to civil cases handled by the High Court [CB(2)1005/99-00(01)] (1 February 2000)

• Extracts from the Supreme Court Practice relating to discovery and inspection of documents (English version only) [CB(2)1005/99-00(02)] (1 February 2000)

• Administration's paper on "caseload and manpower resources" [CB(2)930/99-00(04)] (21 January 2000)

• Administration's paper on Revised legislative timetable [CB(2)930/99-00(05)] (21 January 2000)

• Submission dated 18 January 2000 from the Hong Kong Bar Association in response to the Administration's paper on "New Procedural Framwork for the District Court" (English version only) [CB(2)930/99-00(02)] (21 January 2000)

• Submission dated 21 January 2000 from the Law Society of Hong Kong in response to the Administration's paper on "New Procedural Framwork for the District Court" (English version only) [CB(2)930/99-00(03)] (21 January 2000)

• Administration's response to the submission of the Hong Kong Bar Association (English version only) [CB(2)694/99-00(01)] (21 December 1999)

• Administration's response to the submission of the Law Society of Hong Kong (English version only) [CB(2)694/99-00(02)] (21 December 1999)

• Information note on "Legislative Time Table for the Implementation of the District Court (Amendment) Bill" [CB(2)699/99-00(01)] (21 December 1999)

• Paper prepared by the Administration on "New procedural framework for the District Court" [CB(2)672/99-00(01)] (21 December 1999)

• Submission dated 15 October 1999 from Chairman, Hong Kong Bar Association [CB(2)420/99-00(03)] (21 December 1999 and 22 November 1999)

• Submission dated 15 October 1999 from The Law Society of Hong Kong [CB(2)420/99-00(04)] (21 December 1999 and 22 November 1999)

• Submission from the Munro Claypole & Reeves Solicitors & Notaries Agents for Trade Marks & Patents (English version only) [CB(2)672/99-00(02)] (21 December 1999)

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