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2008
27th February Association Lunch
Guest Speaker - Prof Reynolds

22nd February

Association Lunch
Guest Speaker - Prof Reynolds

2007
30th November

Association Lunch
Guest Speaker - David Taylor


11th October AGM
Venue: Hong Kong Club
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20th August

Visit to USS Nimitz
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22nd February 2007

Association Lunch
Speaker: Mr Manfred Arnold (a well known New York maritime arbitrator)
Subject: Consolidation (and, time permitting, inclusion of Non-signatories and Vouching-in)
Venue: Hong Kong Club

2006
6th December Association Lunch
Speaker: Lord Millett (A retired U.K. Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and now
a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong)
Venue: Hong Kong Club

19th October AGM
Venue: Hong Kong Club
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19th September

Association Lunch
Speaker: Mr Charles Anderson
Subject: Latest Developments in the U.S. - both from a legal and
practical point of view
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21st to 22nd May Delegation Visit to Guangzhou Maritime Court
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2005
2nd December

Seminar on Maritime Claims - Arrest and Security
(co-organised with the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong)
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26th to 28th October

6th International Conference on Maritime Law, Xiamen China
Speaker: The Honourable Mr. Justice Waung
Subject: Final Phase in Hong Kong Admiralty Proceedings Determination of Priorities & Payment Out
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19th October

Association Lunch
Speaker: Mr Stephen Ruttle Q. C.
Subject: Mediation - Better Dispute Resolution?
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28th September AGM
Venue: Hong Kong Club
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14th September Association Lunch
Speaker: Dr.Stephen Davies (Museum Director, Hong Kong Maritime Museum)

5th July

Association Lunch
Speaker: Sir Noel Power G.B.S. (A non-permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal and former Acting Chief Justice of Hong Kong)
Subject: My Most Memorable Meal - A Dinner in the Great Hall of the People


6th June

Association Lunch
Speaker: LCDR Larry Hill, Staff Judge Advocate, Carrier Strike Group Eleven, US Navy
Subject: The Role of the Strike Group Military Lawyer
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17th February Association Dinner
Venue : Crown Wine Cellars, Shouson Hill
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28th January Association Lunch
Speaker: Mr. B.S. Chung (Partner, Kim & Chang, Korea)
Subject: Korean Maritime Law & Practice
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2004
3rd December Association Lunch
Speaker: Mr. Colin Chen (Partner, Chen Chang & Associates, Taiwan)
Subject: Resolution of Maritime Claims in Taiwan
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29th October Association Lunch
Speaker: Professor Edgar Gold CM, QC, PhD, FNI
Subject: The Criminalisation of Seafarers
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20th October AGM
Venue: Hong Kong Club

30th September MLAANZ - F.S. Dethridge Memorial Address
Speaker: The Honourable Mr. Justice Waung
Subject: Maritime Law of Priorities: Equity, Justice and Certainty
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18th June Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution
(co-organised with the Faculty of Law, Hong Kong University).
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30th March Association Lunch
Speaker: Professor Howard Bennett (University of Nottingham, England)
Subject: Cargo Policies, Ghost Ships and Containers
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30th January Association Lunch
Speaker: Mr. James Hughes Hallett (Chairman, John Swire & Sons)
Subject: Parallels between the Shipping and Aviation Industries
2003
16th December Association lunch
Speaker: Sir Anthony Mason, NPJ (former Chief Justice of Australia)
Subject: The Court of Final Appeal
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26th/27th September Joint Seminar between the HKMLA, CMLA and the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong
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25th September AGM
Venue: Hong Kong Club

4th July Association lunch
Speaker: Neil Kaplan CBE, QC
Subject: Arbitration - A Selection of Observations and Anecdotes

19th February

Association lunch
Speaker: Mr. Robin Peard (Consultant, Johnson Stokes & Master)
Subject: The Committee on Hong Kong Arbitration Law
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2002
27th November Association lunch
Speaker: Mr. Henry Li (Partner, Henry & Co., Shenzhen)
Subject: The PRC Maritime Courts
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31st October AGM
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30th September Association lunch
Speaker: The Honourable Mr. Justice David Steel (Admiralty Judge of England and Wales)
Subject: The Woolf Reforms

7th May

Association lunch
Speaker: Professor Francis Reynolds Q.C. (Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Oxford).
Subject: Achieving Reform in Shipping Law - a behind the scenes tour with the CMI/UNICITRAL draft instrument on transport law and other legislation.


24th April EGM to consider the Report of the Association's Working Party on Civil Justice Reform
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2001
17th December Association lunch
Speaker: The Honourable Ms. Margaret Ng (Barrister, Member of Legco)
Subject: Civil Justice Reform and other Christmas topics from the LegCo Chamber

13th November Association lunch
Speaker: Michael Thomas Q.C. (Barrister)
Subject: Tales of an Ancient Mariner - personal recollections from a distinguished career at the Commercial and Admiralty Bars of Hong Kong and England and Wales.

23rd October International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, New York, The Fifth Cedric Barclay Memorial Lecture
Speaker: The Honourable Mr. Justice Waung
Subject: The New Millennium, Terrorism & Arbitration
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13th September AGM
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