Hong Kong Family Welfare Society

Hong Kong Family Welfare Society Mediation Centre 10 th Anniversary Celebration

Workshop on Contemporary Issues of Family Mediation

Date : 20 May 2011 (Friday) CPD points Time : A.M. Session: 9:00a.m. to 12:30p.m P.M. Session :1:45p.m. to 5:00p.m.

Venue : Duke of Windsor Social Service Building 15 Hennessy Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong A.M. Session: Auditorium, 1/F P.M. Session: Room 202, 2/F

Language : A.M. Session - English (simultaneous interpretation is not available) P.M. Session - Cantonese (simultaneous interpretation is not available)

Fee : Whole-day - HK$800 (Early birds rate: HK$600) Separate cheques should be issued for each session. A.M. Session - HK$400 (Early birds rate: HK$300) P.M. Session - HK$400 (Early birds rate : HK$300) Early birds rate for registration postmarked by 30/4/2011

Target : A.M. Session - Family mediators, family mediator trainees and practitioners in family-related fields including lawyers, socials workers, etc : P.M. Session - Family mediators and family mediator trainees interested in enhancement of Family Mediation skills

Quota : A.M. Session - 150 persons P.M. Session - 50 persons

CPD points : HK International Arbitration Centre and A.M. Session - 3 CPD Points the Law Society of Hong Kong: P.M. Session - 3 CPD Points

Application : Send the completed enrollment form with a cheque payable to “Hong Kong Family Welfare Society” to: Hong Kong Family Welfare Society Mediation Centre Western Garden, 80A First Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Deadline : 13th May 2011

Enquiry : Ms Monique Choi Tel: 2561 9229 Fax: 2811 0806 E-mail address: [email protected] Workshop on Contemporary Issues of Family Mediation Programme Content

A.M. Session Contemporary Issues of Family Mediation Judge Bebe Chu  Highlights on current important precedent matrimonial cases with reflections on the principles  Progress of the work on the integration of Mediation into Practice Direction of Matrimonial Cases and Juvenile Ordinances  The role of Mediation Agreement in the Judiciary System (How Family Mediators should interpret how the judges will accept and approve the Mediation Agreement) Format: Lecture, discussion and Q & A. Break Models of Family Mediation in Australia, United Kingdom and Germany: Features which are relevant to Hong Kong Professor Nadja Alexander Commendation by Ms Sou Chiam Format: Lecture, case sharing, discussion and Q & A.

P.M. Session Effective Skills of Resolving Financial Disputes (I) Mr Patrick Chung Kwok Shing  To consolidate the strategies and skills of mediating disputes on maintenance and division of properties. Format: Mini-lecture, demonstration and group simulation, discussion and Q&A. Break Effective Skills of Resolving Financial Disputes (II) Mrs Ruth Wong Chan Tsz Ying  To explore the roots of deadlocks and grasp the skills of breaking deadlocks. Format: Case sharing, demonstration, group simulation, discussion and Q&A. Workshop on Contemporary Issues of Family Mediation

About the Presenters

Her Honour Judge BeBe Chu, the Judge-in-charge of the Hong Kong Family Court. She has extensive knowledge and experiences in the Family Law of Hong Kong and had been the Chairperson of the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong. She is the member of the Steering Committee of the Pilot Scheme for the Reform of Ancillary Relief Procedure, and currently the Governor-at-Large and Judicial Member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is also the Chairperson of the Family Court Users Committee.

Professor Nadja Alexander, Professor Nadja Alexander, Professor of Law at City University Hong Kong, Adjunct Professor of Law at Murdoch University in Australia, and Honorary Research Fellow at University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. She has extensive experience as a mediation practitioner, trainer, author and consultant in Australia, Europe, the United States, South Africa and the Asia/Pacific region. Her books on negotiation and mediation are published internationally and her work has appeared in the English, German and Russian languages.

Professor Alexander is a multi award winning writer (2011 international) and teacher (1994, 1995, 1996 Queensland and 1997 Australia) and has been named one of Australia’s top five law academics by Business Woman Magazine.

Her mediation practice extends to commercial, organizational and intercultural disputes and a range of legal-political issues. Professor Alexander is engaged in the design of mediation policy and legislation in various countries and is a member of the Standards Commission of the International Mediation Institute, the National Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Council in Australia (NADRAC), the ADR Committee of the Law Council of Australia, and the Expert Advisory Committee on Mediation to the German Federal Government. In 2010 she was appointed to the Hong Kong Mediation Taskforce. Her conflict resolution work with communities in post-conflict regions continues to be the most challenging and inspiring part of her work. Workshop on Contemporary Issues of Family Mediation

About the Presenters (cont’d)

Ms Sou Chiam, Deputy Principal Government Counsel, an experienced lawyer who is also an accredited mediator in New Zealand and Australia. As the Head of the Human Rights Policy Unit and Legal Team at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission, she implemented the change in the handling of human rights complaints to a faster and more effective mediation model. She returned to Hong Kong in 2008 and was a Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong teaching Administrative Law and Mediation (as part of Alternative Dispute Resolution). In 2009, she participated in the University of Hong Kong SPACE Mediator Training course and Project Concord’s Handling Sexual Offences by Mediation training. She visited England to explore the use of mediation in Civil Justice Reforms, complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman, community and commercial disputes and also legal aid funding for mediation. As the Secretary to the Working Group on Mediation chaired by the Secretary for Justice, she worked on the Report of the Working Group and its recommendations to promote a greater use of mediation in Hong Kong. She qualified as a barrister in Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Mr Patrick Chung Kwok Shing, Mediation Services Coordinator of the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society. He is an experienced family mediation supervisor and social worker in the Society. He has extensive experiences in mediation and marital casework, supervision work on mediation and mediation training. He conducted live supervision of Family Mediation for over 14 trainees including lawyers. He has coached Family Mediation Training Courses approved by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Law Society of Hong Kong since 2009.

Mrs. Ruth, Wong Chan Tsz Ying, Mediation Services Coordinator of the Hong Kong Family Welfare Society. She is an experienced family mediation supervisor and social worker in the Society. She has extensive experiences in mediation and marital casework, supervision work on mediation and mediation training. She conducted live supervision of Family Mediation for over 80 trainees including more than 30 lawyers. She has coached over ten Family Mediation Training Courses approved by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and the Law Society of Hong Kong since 2000. She was a member of Accreditation and Training Subgroup under Department of Justice in 2009, and has been a current Committee Member of Hong Kong Mediation Council since 2009. Hong Kong Family Welfare Society Mediation Centre 10 th Anniversary Celebration

Workshop on Contemporary Issues of Family Mediation

Date: 20 May 2011 (Friday)

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Please send the completed enrollment form with a cheque payable to “Hong Kong Family Welfare Society” to: Hong Kong Family Welfare Society Mediation Centre Western Garden, 80A First Street, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong Deadline: 13th May 2011

Remarks : - Application will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. - Confirmation of application will be issued via e-mail. - Fee paid is not returnable except under the condition of cancellation of workshop. - Receipt of Application Fee and an attendance certificate for full attendance will be issued on the day of the Workshop - If Storm Signal No. 8 or above or Black Rainstorm Signal is hoisted, the Workshop will be cancelled. Details of postponement or other arrangements will be announced afterwards.