Time :
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Level : / Friday, 25 October 2013
9:15 am – 5:45 pm
8.5 CPD points
HK$880
Intermediate level, for delegates who have prior knowledge of the subject area / Language :
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Limit / English
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, 38/F, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong
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About the course:
· The laws on protection against domestic violence and abduction of child.
· Orders that can be sought in different situations.
· Applications for the orders for protection.
· Drafting affidavit / affirmation in support of an application in the case studies provided.
· Handling abused victims.
Course objective:
The objective of the workshop is to provide training of drafting injunction applications under various Ordinances such as Domestic and Cohabitation Relationships Violence Ordinance (DCRVO), S.48(1) of the District Court Ordinance (DCO), documents for Wardship Proceedings and to examine Child Abduction and Custody Ordinance (CACO).
About the workshop leaders:
Dennis Ho, Partner, Ho & Ip
Steven Leung, Partner, Tang, Lai & Leung
Dennis Ho qualified as a solicitor in the High Court of Hong Kong in February 1986. He is the chairman of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society. He is also a representative of the Law Society’s Civil Court Users’ Sub-committee, Chairman of the Sub-Committee on Domestic Violence (2005) and a member of the Working Group on Children and Ancillary Relief Procedures in Family Proceedings.
Steven Leung qualified as a solicitor in the High Court of Hong Kong in 1989. He is a member of the Family Law Committee and Sub-Committee on Domestic Violence (2005). He is also an accredited general and family mediator of the Law Society of Hong Kong. He is also one of the external examiners of “Matrimonial Practice and Procedure” in Hong Kong University PCLL programme and the External Academic Advisor in the PCLL programme of City University of Hong Kong.
Enrolment Conditions:
1. Enrolments will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis.
2. Places cannot be reserved by facsimile. Registrations will only be accepted upon full payment of the course fee and receipt of the registration form.
3. If you cannot attend a booked course, written notification must be received by the Academy at any time before the date of the booked course and then you may either: 1. transfer your booking to a replacement delegate; or 2. transfer, up to 3 times, your booking to another Academy course of same value within 6 months of your written notification. If you still cannot attend the booked course after you have utilised the 3 transfers of your booking, no further transfers will be allowed and the course fees paid will be forfeited unless notice of cancellation is received in accordance with the cancellation policy.
4. Notice of cancellation of a booking must be given so that it reaches the Academy not less than seven (7) days before the date of the course and is subject to an administration fee. This fee is presently set at HK$100. Cancellations received after this time will not be accepted - the registration fee will remain payable and shall under no circumstances be refunded. Registrations are transferable to another person at any time before commencement of the course provided that the Academy is notified in advance.
5. If the course becomes full and you wish to have your name entered onto the waiting list of this course, please complete the enrolment slip and return it to the Academy together with the payment of the appropriate course fee. You will be notified before the date of the course if we are able to offer you a place at the course. A registrant whose enrolment is unsuccessful will receive a refund of the appropriate course fee.
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Enrolment Slip:
Re: Drafting Documents for Injunctions against Domestic Violence and Child Protection,
Friday, 25 October 2013 (102513W)
To: Hong Kong Academy of Law, 3rd Floor, Wing On House, 71 Des Voeux Road Central, HK
(Attention: Mr. Isaac Yim / Ms. Goldie Ng - Tel: 2846 0587 / 2846 0585)
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