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PRACTICE DIRECTION – 5.10

RIGHTS OF AUDIENCE BEFORE
A DISTRICT JUDGE

　

1. The following persons employed by or under the supervision of a person having the rights, by virtue of any ordinance, of a solicitor may appear before a District Judge in chambers on an uncontested application in a civil matter:

(a) a trainee solicitor; including a trainee solicitor on secondment to a solicitor in Hong Kong from a firm of solicitors in England and Wales;

(b) a legal executive, who has successfully completed the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Legal Executive Course;

(c) a holder of the Higher Diploma in Legal Studies from the City University of Hong Kong;

(d) a holder of the Diploma in Legal Studies from the School of Professional and Continuing Education of the University of Hong Kong; and

(e) a member of the English Institute of Legal Executives.

2. The following may appear before a District Judge on the taxation of a bill of costs:

(a) a costs clerk employed by or under the supervision of a person having the rights, by virtue of any ordinance, of a solicitor; and

(b) a law costs draftsman, approved as such by the Law Society, who may appear on behalf of a solicitor.