HKSAR and Mainland sign arrangement on reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Mainland signed the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters between the Courts of the Mainland and of the HKSAR (Arrangement) in Beijing today (January 18). Photo shows the Secretary for Justice, Ms Teresa Cheng, SC (left), and the Vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, Mr Yang Wanming (right), signing the Arrangement.

The Secretary for Justice, Ms Teresa Cheng, SC (left), and the Vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, Mr Yang Wanming (right), signed the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters between the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Arrangement) in Beijing today (January 18). The Arrangement seeks to establish a bilateral legal mechanism with greater clarity and certainty for reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters between the two places.

The Secretary for Justice, Ms Teresa Cheng, SC (fourth left), is pictured with the Vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, Mr Yang Wanming (fourth right), and guests at the signing ceremony of the Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters between the Courts of the Mainland and of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing today (January 18).