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Legal and Procedural Arrangements
between Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China in Civil and Commercial Matters
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December In
1991, following
from approaches
the
legal and business communities in Hong Kong, a working party
in Hong Kong to consider what arrangements
was
established
between Hong Kong and the People's Republic of China (PRC)
should be put in place before 1997 (that could continue after
that date) for legal and procedural cooperation in civil and
commercial matters.
2.
The Working
Law),
Party, chaired by the
Officer
whose members included a High Court
Law
(International
Judge
and
lawyers from both Government and the private
sector, reported on 13 October 1992. A copy of their report
is attached to this consultation paper. The Working Party's
recommendations, which the British side believes as being
practical and sensible, are summarised at pages 4 to 9 of the
Report. Amongst the most important one's are:-
(i) Reciprocal Enforcement of Arbitration Awards
At
present
arbitration awards
made in Hong Kong
can be enforced in the PRC and vice versa because
both the PRC and the UK are parties to the 1958
New York
Convention,
and the UK has extended the
Convention
to
Hong Kong.
The Convention will not
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