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17.6
Hearings without attending at court
Most of the respondents commenting on Proposal 31 were in principle in favour of
exploring ways to enable hearings to be held by telephone or video conference. Such
conferencing would, however, only be viable if enough lawyers and other interested
parties were interested in using such a system. Bearing in mind that the savings
achievable, if any, would be relatively slight in a geographically small jurisdiction like
Hong Kong and (as the Bar Association pointed out) that certain resources would be
needed for this proposal to be put into effect, there is reason to doubt whether
sufficient interest exists to make pursuit of this suggestion worthwhile. The Working
Party accordingly does not recommend taking this suggestion any further.
Recommendation 87: The Working Party recommends that the proposal for
provision to be made for dispensing with attendance at hearings through using
telephone or video conferencing facilities should not be pursued.
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