LettersHong Kong arbitration case records freely available with bodies concerned

Those interested can directly approach relevant institutions to learn about their caseload, instead of abusing the Code on Access to Information

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Published: 6:45am, 18 Mar 2021Updated: 6:45am, 18 Mar 2021

I write in response to the letter “Clarity needed on city status as arbitration hub” (March 11). For those who are unfamiliar with the subject, several fundamentals of the nature of arbitration have to be clarified.

Arbitral proceedings are confidential in nature. Nobody – including the Hong Kong SAR government, which is not privy to the arbitral proceedings – can be expected to keep statistics on the number of all arbitration cases that have been conducted in Hong Kong.

To maintain Hong Kong as an effective and neutral seat of arbitration, the government does not interfere with the operation of the independent arbitral institutions.

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Anyone interested to learn about the arbitration caseload of individual institutions should approach the institutions directly for information or visit their websites. For instance, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre regularly publishes caseload figures on its website.

Deliberations of the Advisory Committee on Promotion of Arbitration, set up to advise the Department of Justice on such matters, are confidential and cannot be divulged.

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Those interested can directly approach relevant institutions to learn about their caseload, instead of abusing the Code on Access to Information