Seminar on Mutual Legal Assistance on Civil Matters

As part of the Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field between the European Union and Macao, a seminar on “Mutual Legal Assistance – Civil Matters – Recognition and Enforcement of Arbitration Awards” will start tomorrow, November 13, at 6:30 pm, at the Auditorium of the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (Luso-International Bank Building, 18th floor). This training activity will have as speakers Mr. Christopher To, Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and The Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and Mr. Gary Soo, Barrister at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and The Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators. The seminar will be conducted daily, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm, until next Friday, November 17. Inserted in the program are the following topics: Overview of International Commercial Arbitration; Agreement to Arbitrate; Appointment of Arbitral Tribunal; Ethics, Rights and Powers of Arbitrators; Commencement and Pre-hearing Proceedings; The Hearing Process; Requirements of Arbitral Awards; Judicial Review of Arbitral Awards and Enforcement of Arbitral Awards. The Legal and Judicial Training Centre and the International Law Office are responsible for organising this seminar, which will be taught in English and targets Law degree holders. The Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field between the European Union and Macao, which incorporates this seminar, has as its main objective the “Consolidation of the Macao Legal System” and is currently in its fifth and final year, taking place until February 2007. The total budget for the programme is of 1.980.000 euros, shared in equal parts by the European Union and Macao. The co-ordination of the Co-operation Programme is at the responsibility of the International Law Office, being the organisation of the pertaining actions ensured by several other entities of the MSAR’s Government, namely the Legal and Judicial Training Centre, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Economic Services and the Institute of European Studies, other than the International Law Office itself.