摘要
一、香港大律师对接内地法律服务市场的新机遇
CEPA协议最新附件3允许香港大律师在内地法院代理民事案件.这为香港几百位大律师打开了内地法律服务市场的大门。在CEPA新规定出台之前.香港律师有内地的案件,只能介绍给内地律师.或以公民代理身份代理案件。CEPA新规定出台后,香港大律师在未来有机会分享民事案件代理的大蛋糕.
I. New opportunity for Hong Kong barristers to obtain access to the legal service market in the Mainland
Annex 3 of the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) signed between the Chinese Mainland and Hong Kong in 2003 permits Hong Kong barristers to provide representation in civil cases in trial by Mainland courts, thus opening the door for the hundreds of Hong Kong barristers to enter the legal service market in the Mainland. Before the promulgation of the relevant new rules prescribed by CEPA, whenever Hong Kong lawyers had cases for trial by Mainland courts,