Hong Kong launches 1-month consultation on arbitration law reforms

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Hong Kong has opened a one-month consultation on proposed reforms to its Arbitration Ordinance. The changes are intended to strengthen the city’s competitiveness as an international dispute-resolution hub and support goals in its first local five-year plan.

Hong Kong authorities have launched a one-month consultation to reform the city’s arbitration laws, as part of efforts to enhance its competitiveness as an international dispute resolution hub and advance an objective laid out in its first local five-year plan. The Department of Justice said on Monday that the one-month stakeholder consultation for amendments to the Arbitration Ordinance, which governs the use of the alternative dispute resolution mechanism, would cover four key areas to enhance...