1. Unless otherwise specified in the course details, all terms and conditions below apply.

2. All courses are open to all solicitors and trainee solicitors. Priority will be given to those required to take courses under the CPD Scheme.

3. Enrolments will be accepted on a first-come first-served basis. Please send in a separate cheque/bank draft for each application payable to "The Law Society of Hong Kong" within 2 working days after you submit your booking form.

4. The Law Society reserves the right to alter or cancel the course(s).

5. A place will only be confirmed upon receipt of full payment of the course fee and the booking form.

6. The CPD Attendance, Bad Weather, Cancellation, Transfer and Data Privacy Policies will apply.

Attendance Policy

The attendance policy has been revised to take into account the period of absence in relation to courses of different durations.

1. For a course of less than 60 minutes in duration, any course participant who is absent for any period during the course, including late arrivals or early departures, will not receive any CPD points for that course.

2. For a course of 60 minutes or more in duration, a grace period of 10 minutes for either late arrival or early departure (but not both in the same course) will be permitted without deduction of any CPD points. Any course participant who is otherwise absent during the course apart from scheduled breaks will not receive any CPD points for that course.

3. For a course of 3 hours or more but less than 6 hours in duration,

   1. 1 CPD point will be deducted for any late arrival or early departure beyond the 10 minutes' grace period of up to 30 minutes from the commencement of the course;

   2. any course participant who arrives late or leaves early for more than 30 minutes or who is otherwise absent during the course apart from scheduled breaks will not receive any CPD points for that course.

4. For a course of 6 hours or more in duration,

   1. 1 CPD point will be deducted for any late arrival or early departure beyond the 10 minutes' grace period of up to 30 minutes from the commencement or before the end of the course;

   2. 2 CPD points will be deducted for any late arrival or early departure beyond the 10 minutes' grace period of more than 30 minutes and up to 60 minutes from the commencement or before the end of the course;

   3. any course participant who arrives late or leaves early for more than 60 minutes or who is otherwise absent during the course apart from scheduled breaks will not receive any CPD points for that course.

Where a course participant both arrives late and leaves early in the same course, the grace period or partial award of CPD points will not apply. In such cases, no CPD points will be awarded for attendance at that course.

Where courses last for more than one day and have been accredited as a whole (i.e. not on a segmented basis), the attendance policy will apply on a day-to-day basis.

When attending courses, practitioners should notify the provider that they will claim CPD points and should make sure that their attendance at the entire course is noted (eg. by scanning membership cards where there is a computerised scanning system, or by signing in and signing out of the course where such a system is not implemented.)

Bad Weather Policy

For Courses to be held at the Joint Professional Centre ("JPC")

1. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal is hoisted at any time during a course, the course shall be cancelled immediately.

2. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black rainstorm warning is hoisted at or after 7:00 a.m., all courses scheduled before 1:30 p.m. will be cancelled.

3. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black rainstorm warning is not lowered before 11:00 a.m., all courses scheduled between 1:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. will be cancelled.

4. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black rainstorm warning is not lowered by 3:00 p.m., all courses scheduled after 5:30 p.m. will be cancelled.

5. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black rainstorm warning is lowered before 7:00 a.m., all courses scheduled on that day will proceed. Participants of the course shall arrive at the venue of the course on the scheduled start time.

6. In the event of cancellation of a course due to bad weather, registrations may be transferred to any other Law Society CPD / RME course of an equivalent cost within 6 months of the date of the original booked course.

For Courses to be held at the Hong Kong Council of Social Service ("HKCSS")

1. Courses will be cancelled if a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black storm warning is hoisted at any time within three (3) hours before the scheduled start time of a course.

2. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black storm warning is lowered at any time three (3) hours before the scheduled start time of a course, participants of the course shall arrive at the venue of the course on the scheduled start time.

3. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal is hoisted at any time during a course, the course shall be cancelled immediately.

For Courses to be held at the Informatics Professional Development Centre ("IPDC") at Euro Trade Centre

1. Courses scheduled in the morning will be cancelled if a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black storm warning is hoisted at any time within five (5) hours before the scheduled start time of a course.

2. Courses scheduled in the afternoon will be cancelled if a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black storm warning is hoisted at or after 11:00 a.m.

3. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal is hoisted at any time during a course, the course shall be cancelled immediately.

4. In the event of cancellation of a course due to bad weather, registrations may be transferred to any other Law Society CPD / RME course of an equivalent cost within 6 months of the date of the original course.

For the General Session of the Civl Justice Reform Training Programme to be held at Conrad Hotel

1. Courses will be cancelled if a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black storm warning is hoisted at any time within two (2) hours before the scheduled start time of a course.

2. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal or black storm warning is lowered at any time two (2) hours before the scheduled start time of a course, participants of the course shall arrive at the venue of the course on the scheduled start time.

3. If a No. 8 or higher tropical cyclone warning signal is hoisted at any time during a course, the course shall be cancelled immediately.

4. In the event of cancellation of a course due to bad weather, registrations may be transferred to any other Law Society CPD / RME course of an equivalent cost within 6 months of the date of the original course.

Cancellation Policy

Notice of cancellation of a booking must be given so that it reaches the Law Society not less than seven
(7) days before the date of the course and is subject to an administration fee. This fee is presently set at HK$100.00. Cancellations received after this time will not be accepted - the registration fee will remain payable and shall under no circumstances be refunded. Registrations are transferable to another person at any time before commencement of the course provided that the Law Society is notified in advance.

Transfer Policy

If you cannot attend a booked course, written notification must be received by the Law Society at any time before the date of the booked course and then you may either:

1. transfer your booking to a replacement delegate; or
2. transfer, up to 3 times, your booking to another Law Society course of same value within 6 months of your written notification. If you still cannot attend the booked course after you have utilised the 3 transfers of your booking, no further transfers will be allowed and the course fees paid will be forfeited unless notice of cancellation is received in accordance with the cancellation policy.

Data Privacy Policy

The personal data collected about you in this web-site will be kept confidential by us for the purpose of communication among you, the Law Society of Hong Kong and Peernet Company Limited ("Peernet"). Under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance, you have the right to request access to and correction of personal data held by Peernet related to you. If you wish to make access to or correction of your personal data held by Peernet, please contact us at 2540-2878 or info@hkpeernet.com.