Practice Directions
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 Summonses 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 Medication (Ms-Word)
(PDF)
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
(Ms-Word)
PD9.4 (Version 1) 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
PD11.1 Ex Parte, Interim and Interlocutory Applications for Injunction
PD11.2 Mareva Injunctions and Anton Piller Orders
PD11.3 Restricted Application and Restricted Proceedings Orders
PD11.3 Appendix A (PDF)
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 of 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 Pilot Scheme on 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 Reports on Chambers Proceedings
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
PD29.1 (Version 1) Cost of Using the Technology Court
PD29.1 (Version 2) 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
Superseded version 1 (3 Sep 98)
PDSL3 Amendment
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