HKMAAL - Professional Code of Conduct for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mediators from Hong Kong
(4 November 2024)

Based on the Hong Kong Mediation Code and the appropriate adoption and adaptations of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area ("GBA") Mediator Code of Conduct Best Practice (promulgated by the Greater Bay Area Mediation Platform) to reflect the actual circumstances of mediation practice in Hong Kong, HKMAAL herewith publishes the "HKMAAL Professional Code of Conduct for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mediators from Hong Kong" (in Chinese, with English cursory translation to be available shortly), to be observed by all GBA Mediators accredited through Hong Kong and confirmed by the GBA Legal Departments Joint Conference.  Please view the document HERE.

The Working Group on the Greater Bay Area Mediation Platform, comprising representatives from legal departments of Guangdong Province, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (the "HKSAR") and the Macao Special Administrative Region, has promulgated the local accreditation rules for accreditation of GBA mediators of the three places on 28 March 2024.

For the accreditation of GBA Mediators through the HKSAR, the Department of Justice of Hong Kong has formulated and published the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Mediator Accreditation Rules (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region)". The GBA Mediator Training Course of Hong Kong is tentatively scheduled for the third quarter of 2024. 

For more information, please visit the Department of Justice website.

Phishing Email purporting to be issued by HKMAAL
(10 August 2023)

HKMAAL attention was drawn to a phishing email ("Email”) dated 10 August 2023 sent from the email account "noreply@hkmaal.org.hk".

The Email invited the recipients to click on a dropbox link for a PDF file purportedly relating to the recipient's record of CPD Points in the immediate past membership year, as well as to matters regarding membership renewal.

The Email was NOT circulated by HKMAAL. The link may be malicious and is unsafe to click on. 

"noreply@hkmaal.org.hk" is never an email address used by HKMAAL.

HKMAAL has reported the incidence to the Hong Kong Police Force.