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(iv)
Overseas parties and commercial cases
There was some suggestion that a verification requirement was somehow
inappropriate for cases involving parties resident abroad
or in commercial cases.
Thus, the Hong Kong Maritime Law Association stated :-
"We do not consider statements of truth are necessary or have a proper place in commercial
cases. Often the party called upon to sign the statement will be abroad. Solicitors will not
sign them. Moreover, in large commercial cases, the pleading may be put together by the
solicitor for the party concerned from a large number of documents assembled from a pool of
people. The upfront cost of litigation will be increased substantially, as it has in England."
Notes
While supporting Proposal 11, the BCC questioned whether it "will accommodate the exigencies of
oversea users of the Hong Kong Courts."
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