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[email protected] NovemberFebruary 20182019 • EDITOR’Seditor’S NOTEnote 編 者 的 話 EDITOR’S NOTE 編者的話 I am delighted to share that I have resumed my role as Lead Editor 很高興回到《香港律師》主編的崗位。首先祝 of Hong Kong Lawyer and would like to wish you, our readers a 讀者們新年快樂！2019年2月號包括多篇值得 Happy Chinese New Year! The February 2019 issue contains various 注意的專題文章。 noteworthy articles in inter alia the Feature section. The Law Reform Commission’s Access to Information Sub-Committee 法律改革委員會轄下的公開資料小組委員會及 and the Archives Sub-Committee, have each published a consultation 檔案法小組委員會發表諮詢文件，就是否需要 paper to invite the public views (until 5th March 2019) on whether 改革現行制度徵詢公眾意見(2019年3月5日截 any reform of the current regime is needed. The former concerns the right for the members of the public to access information held by the 止)。前者涉及公眾索取政府或公共機構信息的 government or public authorities that is based on a code promulgated 權利，相關守則於1995年頒佈後一直未作修 in 1995 and largely unchanged. The latter concerns the management 訂。後者涉及記錄的管理，儘管目前香港沒有 of physical records although presently there is no archives law in 檔案法。「公共記錄」和「索取資料」的專欄 Hong Kong. Accordingly, the Public Records feature and Access to 闡述了兩份諮詢文件。 Information feature shed light on their respective consultation paper. Finally, it has been acknowledged that one of the key features of 仲裁的關鍵特徵之一是終極性原則，即一旦有 arbitration is the principle of finality. This means that once an arbitral 了仲裁判決，仲裁爭議各方通常會根據適用的 ward is rendered, the parties to the dispute in the arbitration generally waive their right to appeal subject to the applicable law and rules. 法律和規則放棄其上訴權。有些規則免除當事 Some rules go to the extent of waiving the parties’ right to set aside the 人撤銷裁決的權利，即儘管仲裁存在程序上的 award, i.e. the award cannot be annulled notwithstanding there were 違規行為，亦不能宣佈裁決無效。另一些法律 procedural irregularities in the arbitration. On the other hand, some 允許仲裁各方就法律觀點提出上訴，最少有一 laws do allow for appeal on a point of law and at least one arbitral 間仲裁機構引入規則，容許當事人在法律錯誤 institution has introduced rules that provide a right to appeal based not only on an error of law but also erroneous findings of fact. What 及事實調查錯誤時提出上訴。這對香港有何影 does this mean for Hong Kong? The Arbitration feature discusses 響？仲裁專欄討論上訴制度的重要性，探討仲 the importance of an appeal system and examines the connection 裁法與香港法庭之間的聯繫。 between the arbitration law and the courts in Hong Kong. As always, we look forward to receiving your valuable queries, 一如以往，我們歡迎讀者提問、發表寶貴意見 comments, views, and submissions, enabling Hong Kong Lawyer 和觀點，令《香港律師》能繼續成長，更好地 to grow and better serve the Hong Kong community. Please do not 為香港社會服務。歡迎隨時與我們聯繫！ hesitate to contact us Navin G. Ahuja Navin G. Ahuja Editor, Hong Kong Lawyer 《香港律師》編輯 Legal Media Group Thomson Reuters Legal Media Group 湯森路透 www.hk-lawyer.org 3 • February 2019 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 會長的話 2019 LAWASIA Conference in Hong Kong! “An important event in the legal calendar this year will be the Eleventh Lawasia Conference to be staged here in September. The Law Society and the Bar will play host to delegates from 21 countries. The five day conference will embrace many topical issues of mutual interest to the legal profession in the region.” (President’s Report 1988/89 published in the Law Society Annual Report) The then President of the Law Society was Mr Simon S O Ip and the Vice President was Mr Donald Yap who was elected President of LAWASIA in 1995. The “important event” held 30 years ago in 1989 was the LAWASIA Conference hosted by the Law Society for the first time in Hong Kong. We had the honour of hosting this international conference for the second time in 2007 along with our Centenary celebrations in the same year. The then President of the Law Society was Mr Lester Huang who was elected President of under One Country Two Systems to help long distances away from Hong Kong. LAWASIA in 2009. I am currently one of the clarify any misunderstanding or uncertainty Vice Presidents of LAWASIA.