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Judgments related to Mediation

This webpage maintains a database of judgments especially related to mediation. It is by no means an exhaustive list of the above mentioned material. In normal course of events, a judgment will be published on this webpage within 10 working days of its being received. For enquiries, please contact the Legal Reference & Library Section of the Judiciary.

  • Judgments

Case No. Parties Keywords related to Mediation
CHAMPION CONCORD LIMITED
CRAIGSIDE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
and
LAU KOON FOO
THE DISTRICT LANDS OFFICER, SAI KUNG

LAU KOON FOO
and
CHAMPION CONCORD LIMITED
CRAIGSIDE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Date: 23/11/2011
Date: 27/5/2011
  • Importance of confidentiality (para 17)
  • Mediation process (para 8 and 17)
  • Settlement agreement (para 5 and 6)
  • Variance between agreement reached and the terms of settlement document (para 9)
CHAN MAN KI
and
YAU CHUN FOR
Date: 23/3/2021
  • Serious and greater efforts to resolve dispute through mediation rather than continuing with the litigation (para 2)
  • Costs liability… exceeded the total value of the Gifts (para 4)
  • Total costs incurred… thrice the value of the Gifts (para 5)
  • Grossly disproportionate to the subject matter of the claim (para 6)
  • Sense of proportionality (para 6)
  • Efficient and proportionate mode of dispute resolution (para 7)
  • Mediation before the FDR (para 8)
  • Seeking a direction that the FDR should be held with the assistance of the mediator (para 8)
  • Financial consequences of the litigation (para 78)
  • best interest of the parties that their difference and disputes be resolved proportionately and amicably (para 78)
WW
and
LLN formerly known
as LSM
Date: 25/3/2020
  • Potential liability for costs (para 32, 36)
  • Disproportionate litigation (para 33)
  • Sense of proportionality in family litigation (para 34)
  • Provision of accurate information on costs in Form H (para 35, 37-39)
  • Proportionality to family assets in family litigation cost (para 36, 44)
  • Legal representatives owe a duty to the court to prepare a Form H properly (para 41)
  • Parties are expected (and the court will not hesitate to reinforce such expectation) to participate in family mediation and FDR in good faith and with sincerity (para 66)
  • Lawyers are expected to act in collaborative mode...in FDRs (para 66)
  • Mediator assisted-FDR (para 66)
  • Mediation and FDR should take place (para 95)
  • Reasonable timeframe for family litigation (para 97)
  • Achieving resolution of matrimonial disputes at reasonable cost within a reasonable time (para 97)
THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF TRIUMPH COURT
(凱旋大廈業主立案法團)
and
LAW PING PATSY 羅平
Date: 13/5/2020
  • Should make greater efforts to come to a practical solution to settle all the disputes (para 1.3)
  • Further litigation would put a strain on their resources both in terms of money and time and energy (para 1.4)
  • Judicial settlement conference presided by a master and assisted by a mediator (para 1.5)
  • More fruitful exercise than litigating (para 1.5)
  • Be advised by its legal advisers as to how best to save costs during the proceedings (para 39.3)
  • In the interests of costs and finality (para 40)
CRANE WORLD ASIA PTE LIMITED
and
HONTRADE ENGINEERING LIMITED
  • Without prejudice privilege/WPP (para 2, 14, 15, 16, 19-21, 27, 28, 31)
  • Mediation communication (para 20 and 21)
  • Admissibility of evidence (para 1, 2, 4, 19, 31)
CHAN SHUN KEI trading as CHAN SHUN KEI CONSTRUCTION WORKS
and
HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION (HONG KONG) LIMITED
(formerly known as HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION (HOLDINGS) LIMITED)
  • Mediation expenses (para 49)
  • Mediation attempts (para 49)
  • Sense of proportionality (para 53)
  • Sense of realism (para 53)
LAM CHI TAT, ANTHONY AND
CHENG SHUI YEE
and
KAM YEE WAI, ANDREW
  • Spirit of the CJR (para 63)
  • Professional duties (para 63)
CHIANG KI CHUN IAN,
a minor suing by his mother and next friend, CHOW YUEN MAN LOUISE
and
LI YIN SZE
  • A better and sensible option (para 23)
  • Disproportionate to the value of the claim (para 23)
GAO HAIYAN
XIE HEPING
and
KEENEYE HOLDINGS LIMITED
NEW PURPLE GOLDEN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
MKGWH (aka MKKWH)
and
RKSH
  • Advantage of mediation (para 66)
好運中心業主立案法團
(THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF SHATIN NEW TOWN)
and
楊渠
(YEUNG KUI)
Date: 5/2/2010
  • Take part in the mediation (para 8)
  • Decision on law (para 8)

Date: 10/12/2009
  • Alternative method of resolving disputes (para 60)
  • Costs of the proceedings (para 51)
  • Disproportionate disparity (para 61)
S
and
T
  • Confidentiality (para 3)
  • Mediation process (para 3, 4)
PAUL Y. MANAGEMENT LIMITED
and
ETERNAL UNITY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
CHAN YUK YAN
ETERNAL UNITY PROPERTIES LIMITED
and
PAUL Y. ENGINEERING GROUP LIMITED
PYI CORPORATION LIMITED
  • Resolving commercial disputes (para 50)
  • No win situation (para 52)
NG YEE WAH
and
LAM CHUN WAH
GRAND SINO INTERNATIONAL LTD
  • Sensible and non-confrontational resolution (para 44)
iRiver HONG KONG LIMITED
and
THAKRAL CORPORATION (HK) LIMITED
  • Settlement negotiation (para 98)
  • Narrow down differences (para 103)
  • Cost effective means (para 105)
WW
and
LLN formerly known as LSM
Date: 12/11/2019
  • Effective, timely and proportionate manner (para 32)
  • Mediator-assisted FDR (para 32)
  • Relevant disclosure (para 32)
  • A more sensible attempt (para 33)
  • The time and money ... can be more usefully spent on efforts to resolve more crucial issues in ancillary relief. (para 33)
LLC
and
LMWA
LELP
LEONG CHI KAI
and
CHAN WING SUN
Date: 20/5/2021
  • Mediations are privileged and confidential (para 51)
  • Mediation communications (para 52-53, 55)
  • Mediation Ordinance (para 52)
  • Confidentiality of mediation communications (para 53)
  • Admissibility of mediation communications in evidence (para 53)
  • Undermined / destroyed the confidentiality of mediations (para 55)
  • Abuse of mediation process (para 56, 58, 79)
杨建梅
and
CHOW TAK WA
Date: 18/8/2020
  • Gave a good reason why it thought ADR would not serve a useful purpose (para 9)
  • Legal representatives should advise their clients of the possibility of the Court making an adverse costs order where a party unreasonably fails to engage in mediation (para 10)
  • Settlement can be expressed to be without prejudice to liability (para 13)
  • A proposed settlement can include no payment but simply in the form of mutual waiver of costs already incurred/ordered (para 13)
  • Before one agrees to any settlement, a party if entitled to seek his/her own legal advice (para 13)
  • Any settlement would have saved further costs being incurred (para 13)
C Y FOUNDATION GROUP LIMITED (中青基業集團有限公司)
and
LEONORA YUNG (榮智豐)
CHENG CHEE TOCK THEODORE (成之德)
HO CHI CHUNG JOSEPH (何志中)
YEUNG TAK HUNG ARTHUR (楊德雄)
KWOK PUI HUNG (郭蓓紅)
TSANG HEUNG YIP (曾向業)
CHEUNG CHIN WA ANGUS (張展華)
LIU CHI KIT ANDY (廖智杰)
MING YUET KWAI CONNIE (明月桂)
LIM SU LENG SUSAN (林舒玲)
CHENG LAI YIN (鄭麗燕)
YIM SHING CHEONG (嚴成昌)
  • Fees and costs of mediation (para 12)
  • Time for the commencement of the mediation (para 1 and 19)
  • Interim stay of proceedings (para 1 and 22)
HAK TUNG ALFRED TANG
and
BLOOMBERG L.P. (a firm)
RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT SERVICES (HK) LIMITED
  • Minimum level of participation (para 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 15)
  • Practice Direction 31 (para 2)
  • Flexible and cooperative attitude (para 14)
LINCOLN AIR-CONDITIONING & ENGINEERING COMPANY LIMITED
(菱工冷氣工程有限公司)
HONEYCOOL REFRIGERATION & ENGINEERING CO LIMITED
(開利達冷氣電機工程有限公司)
and
CHAN PING FAI RICKY
NGAN SIU YEUNG
CHEUNG TIN YAN
  • Mediation Ordinance (Cap 620) (para 3 and 4)
  • Mediation communications (para 2, 3, 5)
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
and
SWANBRIDGE LIMITED
  • Practice Direction 31 (para 1, 2)
  • Choice of mediators (para 1, 3)
  • Minimum level of participation (para 7 and 8)
  • Stay of the proceedings (para 9 and 10)
UPPLAN COMPANY LIMITED
and
LI HO MING
RAINBOW POINT LIMITED AND OTHERS
  • Practice Direction 31 (para 1)
  • Choice of mediators (para 1, 5, 8, 12, 24)
  • Approach in deciding the choice of the mediator (para 12)
  • Assessment of the nominated mediators (para 14)
CHEVALIER (CONSTRUCTION) COMPANY LIMITED
AND
TAK CHEONG ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  • Sanctioned offer (para 7)
  • Pros and cons of the litigation (para 20)
  • Adjudication (para 21)
  • Disproportionality of costs (para 13)
HUI LING LING
and
SKY FIELD DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  • Case Management Conference (para 1)
  • CMC (para 1-8)
  • Time tabling questionnaire / Listing questionnaire (para 1, 4, 6, 7)
CHONG CHENG LIN COURTNEY
and
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED
  • Failure to respond to the proposed mediation (para 11)
GOLDEN EAGLE INTERNATIONAL (GROUP) LIMITED
and
GR INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
  • Refusal to mediate (para 21, 22, 26, 33, 42, 46)
  • Point of law (para 23 and 26)
  • Sanctioned offer (para 2, 3, 7, 9, 32, 33)
  • Costs of mediation (para 29, 38, 40)
  • Costs of trial (para 38)
PACIFIC LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE
and
NEW WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
  • Refusal to mediate (para 18)
  • Admission of liability (para 16)
SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
（供應鏈及物流科技有限公司）
and
NEC HONG KONG LIMITED
Date: 29/1/2009
  • Failure to participate in mediation (para 11)
  • Refusal to participate in mediation (para 14)
  • Impact on costs (para 15)

Date: 24/11/2008
WU WEI（伍威）
and
LIU YI PING（劉一萍）
  • Mediation meetings (para 69, 70, 74, 76, 77, 93)
  • Without prejudice (para 69, 71, 72, 73, 75)
  • Negotiation (para 71 and 75)
  • Confidentiality (para 73)
GAO HAIYAN AND ANOTHER
and
KEENEYE HOLDINGS LIMITED AND ANOTHER
CHUN WO CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING CO LTD
FUJITA CORPORATION HENRYVICY
CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED
trading as CHUN WO-FUJITA-HENRYVICY JOINT VENTURE
and
CHINA WIN ENGINEERING LIMITED
CHU CHUNG MING (朱松明)
LAM KIT HANG (林潔珩)
and
LAM WAI DAN (林煒丹)
CHAN SUI FONG (陳瑞芳)
POWER HONG KONG LIMITED (大港有限公司)
LAI TAI MIU, ROVANA
(黎棣妙)
and
EVEREST TIMOTHY
WODEHOUSE
(艾禮添)
Date: 22/1/2021
  • Mediated Settlement Agreement (para. 3, 5-7, 10, 12-13, 15-18)
  • Without prejudice (para 7-8, 17)
  • Binding settlement agreement (para. 10)
  • Can be adduced for enforcement (para. 10)
  • Repudiatory breach (para. 16-17)
YJH
and
LKHM
  • Welfare checklist (para 72)
  • Welfare of the child (para 79, 108, 132)
  • Emotional well-being of the child (para 80)
  • Child-focused approach (para 88, 101)
  • Rebuilding the father and son relationship (para 109, 137, 142)
  • Working out access smoothly (para 109)
  • Disproportionate to the issues (para 117, 155)
  • The child’s best interests (para 121, 124)
  • Decide on costs (para 153)
  • Mediation (para 153)
  • Narrowing down or resolving the substantial issues (para 154)
CHAN GORDON
and
LEE WAI HING （李慧馨）
LI PO KWONG （李寶光）ALIAS LEE PO KWONG（李寶光）
  • Mediator (para 9, 30, 31)
LEUNG CATHERINE
and
TARY LIMITED
惠州市駿洋塑膠有限公司 (discontinued)
  • Issue of liability (para 19 and 23)
  • Information session on mediation (para 27)
ANSAR MOHAMMAD
and
GLOBAL LEGEND TRANSPORTATION LIMITED
  • Consequence on costs (para 51 and 53)
  • Likelihood of a successful mediation (para 60)
CHOW MEE YEE MILLIE
and
HONG KONG MEDIATION SERVICES LIMITED
CHENG PUI WAH
及
CHENG CHEE HUNG
Date: 20/8/2024
  • 調解會議 (Para. 18)
  • 法庭舉辦的和解會議 (Para. 18)
  • 無損權益的基礎進行 (Para. 18)
  • 訟費命令 (Para. 18)
WONG WAH ON EDWARD
and
LOK SHOR BING (駱淑賓)
Date: 8/1/2024
  • Amicable alternative dispute resolution procedures including mediation and case settlement conference (para. 77)
  • Abandon any stubbornness and maintain an open mind and a realistic attitude (para. 78)
  • The money and time incurred as a result of litigation could and should have been much better spent on fixing the actual water seepage problem itself (para. 78)
KWONG YIU KEUNG
STANLEY and LEUNG PUI YIN
and
CHIU SIN SHUM and KWOK SZE LING
Date: 5/2/2021
  • Refuse to mediation (para 120, 122-124, 301-302)
  • Mediation (para 122-124)
  • Sincere attitude to negotiate for settlement (para 122)
  • Refused to negotiate (para 124, 301)
  • Without prejudice discussion (para 124)
  • Act in a more reasonable and amicable manner (para 301)
  • Wasted costs, time, energy of the parties and judicial resources (para 301)
  • Caused unnecessary distress and stress amongst all parties concerned (para 301)
  • The underlying objectives of the CJR (para 302)
  • More stringent costs order (para 302)
LEE YUK TONG
LEE SIN YI EDITH
and
CHAN WAI HING AMY
    Date: 25/2/2019
  • Beneficial interest (para 30, 36-37, 40, 48-50)
  • Emotions on disputes (para 57)
  • Unpleasant trial result (para 57)
  • Avoid trial (para 58)
  • Family dispute (para 58)
  • Resolve disputes amicably through mediation (para 58)
  • Settlement agreement (para 58)
WU YIM KWONG KINDWIND
(胡艷光)
and
MANHOOD DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
(文豪發展有限公司)
Date: 4/12/2015
  • Refusing mediation (para 10 and 16)
  • Strong case (para 10-12)

Date: 24/7/2015
GOOD TRY INVESTMENTS LIMITED
and
EASILY DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
  • Refuse mediation (para 18, 20, 22)
  • Costs on indemnity basis (para 4, 9, 14, 27)
  • Sanctioned payment (para 2, 7, 10, 16, 24, 26)
CHAN WAI KIT
and
LAI KWOK LEUNG alias FRANCIS LAI or FRANCIS
  • Sanctioned offer (para 4, 6, 13-19, 26)
  • Sanctioned payment (para 6, 13, 14)
  • Refusal to mediate (para 26)
  • Chance of reaching settlement (para 26)
TONG CHI YING AND ANOTHER
and
SHUM PING KUEN BENSON AND ANOTHER
  • Alternate dispute resolution (para 127)
毛雲傑
(MO WAN KIT)
and
漁農自然護理署
(Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department)
Date: 14/07/2023
  • 沒有意圖和誠意嘗試以調解或任何方式與答辯人達成和解…應承擔他選擇不接受該附帶條款付款所帶來的一切後果 (para 18)
HUANG NEERACHA
and
OSIM (HK) CO. LIMITED
  • Legal aid stay (para 1, 14)
  • Lift the stay (para 6)
CHENG KAI KIT (鄭繼杰)
and
KWONG KAM TIM MARBLE COMPANY LIMITED (鄺錦添雲石有限公司)
FUNG YUEN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED (逢源建築有限公司)
  • Feasibility of mediation (para 17)
  • Sanctioned payment(s) (para 5, 10, 11-13, 16, 17, 19)
  • Indemnity costs (para 5, 7- 9)
  • Approval for mediation (para 18)
景輝大厦業主立案法團
and
富林財務有限公司
  • 和解提議 (para 3, 4, 5, 13 二, 15, 17, 18, 23 and 27)
  • 授權/授權文件/授權文書/有效授權/有效授權書 (para 7, 8, 12, 21)
  • 合理辯解 (para 22)
THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF LA CITÉ NOBLE
and
WONG SHING CHUN
Tsang Wing Lam
訴
Incorporated Owners of King Tin Court
Prestige Construction & Engineering Co. Ltd.
  • 調解內容保密 (para 75)
孫
and
姚
Date: 19/05/2023
  • ...簽署調解協議，...表明...接受調解協議所包括的付款責任 ，也說明當時他認為有經濟能力按調解協議內容付款。若...打算推翻調解協議，...有舉證責任說明為何法庭不應該執行調解協議... (para. 18)
H
and
S
  • PD 15.11 (para 174)
  • PD 15.12 (para 174)
  • Family mediation (para 174)
CHN
and
CCY
Date: 22/2/2024
  • The court may sanction a party on costs for a failure to participate in mediation in good faith. (para 17)
  • Discretion on costs (para 19)
  • The offer exchanged at the mediation was protected not only by the confidentiality requirement under the statute, but also by the without prejudice privilege at common law. (para 32)
  • The rules of without prejudice privilege (para 45)
  • Without prejudice communication made during the FDR shall not be admitted in evidence unless acceptable exceptions apply. (para 49)
  • Escalation of legal costs cannot be a reason for rejection of a reasonable offer without risk of an adverse costs order. (para 58)
  • Importance of the confidentiality protection and without prejudice privilege in communication during mediation (para 60)
  • An earlier conduct of mediation results in a settlement will save much costs … timing of the mediation will affect the effectiveness of the mediation. (para 65)
  • Parties would have benefit of mediation and would save costs if they…resolved their disputes on the identity of the mediator earlier. (para 65)
EL
and
CFL
Date: 26/1/2015

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