Traditional Chinese Page
Simplified Chinese Page
                     
 Practice Directions [Print] [ Help ] 
The following Practice Directions in English were issued by the Chief Justice for the conduct of court proceedings. The Chinese translation of the Practice Directions in English has been prepared by the Court Language Section of the Judiciary. The Practice Directions in English are the authentic version. Both the Practice Directions in English and the Chinese translation are available. They may be searched and viewed by subject matters.
 PD1.1
Admiralty Actions
 
 PD2.1
Civil Appeals to the Court of Final Appeal
 
 PD2.2
Criminal Appeals to the Court of Final Appeal
 
 PD3.1
Bankruptcy and Winding-up Proceedings
 
 PD3.2
Procedure for filing and hearing bankruptcy petitions by debtors who are legally represented
 
 PD4.1
Civil Appeals to the Court of Appeal
 
 PD4.2
Criminal Appeals to the Court of Appeal
 
 PD4.3
Criminal Appeals in the Court of Appeal - Handing down judgments
 
 PD5.1
Listing and refixing of dates
 
 PD5.2
Setting Down for Trial in the Court of First Instance
 
 PD5.3
Listing and Hearing of Summonses for Interlocutory Orders and Injunctions
 
 PD5.4
Preparation of Interlocutory Summonses and Appeals to Judge in chambers for hearing
 
 PD5.5
Submission of Authorities
 
 PD5.6
Documents for use at trial
 
 PD5.7
Long Cases
 
 PD5.8
Originating Summonses set down for hearing by Judges
 
 PD5.9
Pleadings for use at trial in the District Court
 
 PD5.10
Rights of Audience before a District Judge
 
 PD6.1
Construction and Arbitration List
 
 PD6.2
Application for leave to appeal against arbitration awards
 
 PD6.3
Construction and Arbitration List Pilot Scheme for Voluntary Mediation
 
 PD7.1
Actions by Writ - Running and Fixture Lists
 
 PD7.2
Court of First Instance - Criminal Running List
 
 PD7.3
Urgent Applications in Commercial List
 
 PD8.1
Hours of sittings - High Court and District Court
 
 PD8.2
Vacation Business in the High Court
 
 PD9.1
Conspiracy
 
 PD9.2
Voluntary Bills of Indictment
 
 PD9.3
Criminal Proceedings in the Court of First Instance
 
 PD9.4
Criminal Proceedings in the District Court
 
 PD9.5
Evidence by way of Live Television Link or Video Recorded Testimony
 
 PD9.6
Magistracy Appeals in the Court of First Instance
 
 PD10.1
Affidavit Evidence
 
 PD10.2
Chinese Translations
 
 PD10.3
Citation of judgments written in Chinese at hearings conducted in English
 
 PD11.1
ExParte, Interim and Interlocutory Applications for Injunctions
 
 PD11.2
Mareva Injunctions and Anton Piller Orders
 
 PD11.3
High Court and District Court Restricted Application and Restricted Proceedings Orders
 
 PD12.1
Warrants of Arrests of Judgment Debtors
 
 PD13.1
Certificate for Solicitor and Counsel in Legal Aid Cases
 
 PD14.1
Right of Audience Before a Master
 
 PD14.2
Proceedings before Masters
 
 PD14.3
Taxation of costs in civil proceedings in High Court and District Court
 
 PD14.4
Taxation of costs in criminal cases
 
 PD14.5
Application for wasted costs order under order 62 rule 8
 
 PD15.1
Divorce
 
 PD15.2
Petition - Personal Service
 
 PD15.3
Reconciliation
 
 PD15.4
Special Procedure
 
 PD15.5
Affidavit of Means
 
 PD15.6
Appointment of Medical Inspectors
 
 PD15.7
Decree Absolute
 
 PD15.8
Decrees and Orders: Agreed Terms
 
 PD15.9
Ancillary Relief in Matrimonial Causes - Estimate of Costs
 
 PD15.10
Family Mediation
 
 PD15.11
Financial Dispute Resolution Pilot Scheme
 
 PD15.11A
Application of Financial Dispute Resolution Pilot Scheme
 
 PD16.1
Settling Draft Orders and Judgments
 
 PD16.2
Judgment: Foreign Currency
 
 PD16.3
Interest on Judgment
 
 PD16.4
Execution to enforce Judgment for Possession of Immovable Property
 
 PD16.5
Peremptory Orders
 
 PD17.1
Parties in Particular Proceedings
 
 PD18.1
The Personal Injuries List
 
 PD18.1A
Effective Date of Practice Direction 18.1
 
 PD19.1
Pleadings
 
 PD19.2
Service of Documents By Post : Ordinary Course of Post
 
 PD20.1
Non-Contentious Probate Practice
 
 PD20.2
Leave to issue Writ in Probate Actions
 
 PD21.1
Solicitors - Appearance in Open Court
 
 PD22.1
Trade Marks Ordinance (Cap. 43)
 
 PD23.1
Wards of Court
 
 PD24.1
Sealing of Writ of Summons, Newspaper Advertisement, Filing of Documents
 
 PD24.2
Endorsements in the Chinese Language to be made on Court Documents
 
 PD25.1
Chambers Hearings in Civil Proceedings in the High Court, the District Court, the Family Court and the Lands Tribunal
 
 PD25.2
Reports on Hearings held in Chambers not open to the public
 
 PD26.1
The Constitutional and Administrative Law List
 
 PD27
Civil Proceedings in the District Court
 
 PD29
Use of The Technology Court
 
 PD29.1
Cost of using the technology court
 
 PD30.1
Applications under Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136)
 
 PDSL1
Directions made by the Judge of the Commercial List pursuant to O.72 r.2(3) of the Rules of the Supreme Court
 
 PDSL2
Directions made by the Judge of the Construction and Arbitration List under O.72 r.2(3) of the Rules of the Supreme Court
 
 PDSL3
Directions made by the Judge in charge of the Constitutional and Administrative Law List pursuant to O.72 r.2(3) of the Rules of the High court
 

All Practice Directions


Note: Superseded Practice Directors prior to 1998 are not available at the moment.