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Hong Kong Law Reform Commission |
The
Law Reform Commission of
Conditional Fees Sub-committee
Conditional Fees
This consultation paper can be found on the Internet at:
September
2005
This Consultation Paper has
been prepared by the Conditional Fees Sub-committee of the Law Reform
Commission. It does not represent
the final views of either the Sub-committee or the Law Reform Commission, and
is circulated for comment and discussion only.
The Sub-committee would be
grateful for comments on this Consultation Paper by
The
Secretary
The
Conditional Fees Sub-committee
The
Law Reform Commission
20th
Floor, Harcourt House
Wanchai
Telephone: (852) 2528 0472
Fax: (852)
2865 2902
E-mail: hklrc@hkreform.gov.hk
It may be helpful for the
Commission and the Sub-committee, either in discussion with others or in any
subsequent report, to be able to refer to and attribute comments submitted in
response to this Consultation Paper.
Any request to treat all or part of a response in confidence will, of
course, be respected, but if no such request is made, the Commission will
assume that the response is not intended to be confidential.
It is the Commission’s usual
practice to acknowledge by name in the final report anyone who responds to a
consultation paper. If you do not
wish such an acknowledgement, please say so in your response.
The Law
Reform Commission
of
Sub-committee
on
Conditional
Fees
Consultation
Paper
Conditional
Fees
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