Date | Activity |
22.10.2008 - 20.3.2009 | Civil Justice Reform Training Small-class Sessions for all Judges and Judicial Officers, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
9.1.2009 | * Hong Kong Guardianship Conference, organised by the Guardianship Board |
9.1.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Whistleblowing as Legal Duty and Right", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
9.1.2009 | * Talk entitled "Freedom of Speech and its Limits", organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
13.1.2009 | * Lecture entitled "The Inevitable Globalization of Constitutional Law", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
13.1.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Leadership by Constitutional Courts", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
15.1.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Apprehended Bias and the Reasonable Observer - How Do Courts Decide Claims of Bias?", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
22.1.2009 | * Seminar entitled "US-China Relations and the Obama Administration: Implications for Human Rights", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
10.2.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Role of Lawyers in Defending the Law", organised by the City University of Hong Kong |
16.2.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Send Lawyers, Guns and Money: the Perils of Remaking Other Peoples' Legal System", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
23.2.2009 | Lunch-time Talk entitled "The Firm Habits of Highly Effective Judges" by the Hon Mr Justice Henry Denis Litton, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
27.2.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Poverty and Rights", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
9.3.2009 | * Talk entitled "Judicial Review of Warrants and Criminal Investigations", organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
12.3.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Human Rights in China after the Olympics", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
12.3.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Competition and Government: How Much Regulation?", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
13.3.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Why Bills of Rights are Dangerous", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
17.3.2009 | * Talk entitled "Regulatory Changes being introduced in the UK and their impact upon the legal profession and the Bar", organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
17.3.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "Disregard the Five Principles: 60 years' basic experience regarding Chinese Jurisprudence", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
18.3.2009 | * Talk entitled "The UN Human Rights Council Hearing on Hong Kong's Human Rights Situations: The Geneva Experience", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
20-21 & 23-25.3.2009 | * Mediator Skills Accreditation Course, organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
23.3.2009 | * Seminar entitled "State-Church Relationships in Reform China: A Retrospect after 30 Years", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
24.3.2009 | * Seminar entitled "The Responsibility to Protect: Preventing Gross Violations of Human Rights", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
25.3.2009 | Talk on "Gross Sum Assessments", organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
28.3.2009 | A Computer Training Course for District Judges and Magistrates, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
28.3.2009 | * Conference entitled "Implementation of the Right to Vote and be Elected - the Theory and the Practice", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
29.3.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Lawyers and Judicial Reform: Cross-Straits Experiences", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
1.4.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Accountability and Responsibility - Reinforcing the Criminal Law", organised by the Independent Commission Against Corruption |
3.4.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Ten Years of Constitutional Rights in the Court of Final Appeal", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
6.4.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Tyrannicide Brief: The Human Rights Story", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
6 - 9.4.2009 | * 16th Commonwealth Law Conference, jointly organised by the Commonwealth Lawyers Association and the Law Society of Hong Kong |
8.4.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Privacy: The Changing Landscape", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
16.4.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Doctrine and Fairness in the Law of Contract", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
20.4.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Employment Law and the Global Financial Crisis - Public and Private Sector Employment Law Issues in Hong Kong, China, Australia and Japan", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
22.4.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Competition Law Enforcement in Hong Kong: Telecommunications (Competition Provisions) Appeal Board", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
24.4.2009 | * Seminar entitled "The Challenges of Modern Policing", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
25.4.2009 | Magistrates' Conference, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
4.5.2009 | * Seminar entitled "The U.S. Economic Crisis: Causes, Myths and Solutions", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
7.5.2009 | * Talk entitled "Mind Your Language", organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
8.5.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "Charter 08 and China's Political and Legal Reform", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
9.5.2009 | Visit to the Police College of the Hong Kong Police Force, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
14.5.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "Taking a look at Labour Law Legislation in China through the May 1st Labour Day Procession in Hong Kong", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
14.5.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Labour and Management playing a game of chess- striking a balance of interest - the PRC Labour Law and the elucidation of its provisions", jointly organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association and the Hong Kong Acadcmy of Law |
15-17.5.2009 | A Conference on "Corporate Crime and the Credit Crunch", jointly organized by MacGuill & Co., Perren Buildings and MHA Consulting (held in Dublin, Ireland) |
20.5.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Implementing the Companies Act 2006 in the UK", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
20.5.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Public Opinion and the Court", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
21.5.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "Chinese Cultural Tradition and Its Contemporary Rule of Law Features", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
22.5.2009 | * Lecture entitled "The Politics of Judicial Review", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
30.5.2009 | District Court Sentencing Conference, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
3.6.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Korean Judiciary - Role and Challenges in Democratization and Rule of Law", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
4.6.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "Legal Institutions and The Future of China", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
10.6.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "Movie Justice: The Legal System in Pre-1949 Chinese Movies", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
11.6 – 13.8.2009 | Refresher Putonghua Course, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
11.6.2009 | * Seminar entitled "Constitutional Rights in Two Worlds: South Africa and the United States", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
12.6.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "Property Rights: Law and Development in China", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
12.6.2009 | * China's 30-Year-Legal Reform Lecture Series, Lecture entitled "The 'Other' China Trade Deficit: Export Safety and Legal and Other Responses", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
16.6.2009 | * 3rd Regional Arbitral Institutes Forum Conference, organised by Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators |
16.6.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Reinsurance", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
17.6.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Peer Mediation Programme in Hong Kong Schools", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
20-24.6.2009 | Eighth Multinational Judicial Colloquium on Insolvency and INSOL 2009 Quadrennial Congress, co-organised by the INSOL International, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the World Bank (held in Vancouver, Canada) |
22.6.2009 | * Talk entitled "The Price of Public Action: Constitutional Doctrine & Judicial Manipulation of Legislative Enactment Costs", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
26.6.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Humonetarianism: The New Correctional Discourse of Scarcity", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
9.7.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Representation Without Institutions? : The Puzzle of GMO Governance in China (and Hong Kong)", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
17-18 & 20-22.7. 2009 | Mediator Skills Accreditation Course, organised by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution |
23.7.2009 | * CEDR Exchange Evening Event "Mediator Speed 'Dating' - meeting, mingling, informing", jointly organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association and CEDR |
24-25 & 27-29.7.2009 | * Mediator Skills Accreditation Course, organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
23-26.8.2009 | 5th World Congress on Family Law and Childrens' Rights, organized by International Conference Services Ltd. (held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) |
3.9.2009 | * Talk entitled "Reverse Engineering Back Up the Litigation Highway", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
3.9.2009 | * Lecture entitled "The Evolution of Property Rights", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
4-5.9.2009 | * Conference entitled "IP & IT: Theory and Practice", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
9.9.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Oxford Jurisprudence", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
11.9.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Terra Incognita: Vertical and Conglomerate Merger and Interlocking Directorate Law Enforcement in the United States", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
21.9.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Ombudsman for Children in Norway - Potential for Hong Kong", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
22.9.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Hybrid Texts and Uniform Law", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
23.9.2009 | * Talk entitled "The Emerging Gay Rights Activism in Mainland China", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
24-25.9.2009 | * Conference entitled "Children's Issues Forum: The Resolution of Disputes Relating to Children in Hong Kong", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
26.9.2009 | Visit to the Hong Kong Christian Service Jockey Club Lodge of Rising Sun, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
10.10.2009 | * Conference entitled "Hong Kong Political Reform Series: Breaking the Deadlock", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
13.10.2009 | * Law Lectures for Practitioners 2009, organised by the University of Hong Kong |
15.10.2009 | * Seminar on "The Constitutional Authority of the Legislative Council: The LegCo Powers Case", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
19.10.2009 | * Lecture on "Reciprocity and Enforceability" under the main theme of "Reciprocity in Contract", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
21.10.2009 | * Lecture on "A Bird in the Hand" under the main theme of "Reciprocity in Contract", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
22.10.2009 | * Informal seminar on "The Doctrine of Undue Influence: Legal Transplants and Cross-Cultural Applications", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
27.10.2009 | * Lecture entitled "Intellectual Property Rights: Too Important to Leave to the Lawyers?", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
27.10.2009 | * Seminar on "Financial Crisis & German Criminal Law", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
28-29.10.2009 | * International Conference on Exclusions from Constitutional Law, organised by the City University of Hong Kong |
30-31.10 & 2-4.11.2009 | * Mediator Skills Accreditation Course, organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
3.11.2009 | * Seminar on "After Kyoto: International Welfarism and the Impossibility of Global Carbon Trading", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
3.11.2009 | * Lecture on "Literature as Law's Other", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
5.11.2009 | * Seminar on "Better Than Fuller: A Two Interest Model of Remedies for Breach of Contract", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
6-7 & 9-11.11.2009 | * Mediator Skills Accreditation Course, organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association |
7.11.2009 | Visit to the Correctional Services Department - Lai King Correctional Institution and Lai Chi Rehabilitation Centre, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
10.11.2009 | * Lecture on "How International Law Regulates the Global Market for Talent", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
11.11.2009 | * Seminar on "International Law and Domestic Political Coalitions: The Causes of Compliance With International Law", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
16.11.2009 | * Symposium on the Review of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, organised by the University of Hong Kong |
16.11.2009 | * Common Law Lecture on "Loss of a Chance and a Chance of Loss", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
24.11.2009 | Talk on "The first nine years of the UK Human Rights Act" by the Rt Hon the Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
26.11.2009 | Lunch-time Talk on "The Firm Habits of Highly Effective Judges - Put First Things First" by Hon Mr Justice Henry Denis Litton, Non-permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
28.11.2009 | * Conference on "Inclusion in Education: The Implementation of Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
30.11.2009 | Briefing on Practice Direction 31 and the Roles of the Mediation Information office, organised by the Judicial Studies Board |
7.12.2009 | * Seminar on The Common Law Concept of "Charity", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
8.12.2009 | * Seminar on "Regulating the Credit Rating Agencies: Governing the Financial Oracle", organised by the University of Hong Kong |
9.12.2009 | * Seminar on "Control, Conflict, and Corporate Rescue", organised by the University of Hong Kong |