[HK] AO Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance
[HK] AO
Hong Kong Arbitration Ordinance
ZivilrechtZivilprozessrecht
Schiedsverfahrensrecht
(1) Despite section 18(1), information referred to in that section may be communicated by a party to a lawyer for the purpose of entering into, or seeking to enter into, an ORFS agreement for arbitration with the lawyer.
(2) However, the lawyer may not further communicate anything communicated under subsection (1), unless—
(a) the further communication is made—
(i) to protect or pursue a legal right or interest of the lawyer; or
(ii) to enforce or challenge an award made in the arbitration,
in legal proceedings before a court or other judicial authority in or outside Hong Kong;
(b) the further communication is made to any government body, regulatory body, court or tribunal, and the lawyer is obliged by law to make the communication; or
(c) the further communication is made to a professional adviser of the lawyer for the purpose of obtaining advice in connection with the ORFS agreement for arbitration.
(3) If a further communication is made by a lawyer to a professional adviser under subsection (2)(c), subsection (2) applies to the professional adviser as if the professional adviser were the lawyer.
(4) In this section—
communicate (傳達) includes publish or disclose.
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