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Good Practices & Updated Codes | 良好作業方式及最新作業守則
Government Department Practice Note Source
政府部門 資料來源資料來源
政府部門 作業備考作業備考
Development Bureau Technical Circular (Works) No. 6/2009
㕐 for Capital Works Projects
㕐 㕐 㕐技術通告（工務）第 6/2009 號
基本工程項目進行文物影響評估機制
Fire Services Department Circular Letter No. 1/2009
Systems for Buildings
㕐 㕐 通函第 1/2009 號
㕐建築物的火警偵測與火警警報系統準則
Construction Disputes | 建造爭議建造爭議
Construction Disputes – Arbitration vs Litigation? | 建造爭議建造爭議 — — 仲裁還是仲裁還是
訴訟？訟？
訴 * This article is contributed by Ms Alice TO,
Senior Associate, Pinsent Masons
本文章由品誠梅森律師事務所陶嘉穎律師提供。
Current Trend 目前的趨勢
Arbitration, as an alternative dispute resolution forum, is 仲裁是解決爭議的另一種方法，本身並非新概念。仲
not, in itself, a new concept. Being around for centuries, 裁已有數百年歷史，一直獲廣泛接納為傳統法院訴訟
arbitration has long been widely accepted as a suitable
以外的合適方法。仲裁於多個行業普遍採用，包括航
alternative to traditional court litigation. Arbitration is
commonly used in a variety of industry sectors including 運界及建造業。
shipping and construction.
However, as parties become more cost conscious and their 不過，隨著各方對成本有更多考慮，而且期望合約爭
expectations for a more speedier and efficient process to 議以更迅速及更具效率的方式解決，並秉持自然公正
resolve contractual disputes amplify (without derogating 及程序公平的原則，仲裁提供公平、合理而迅速的解
natural justice and procedural fairness), arbitration, as fair,
reasonable and prompt resolution process has generated 決程序，因此建造業內人士對此方法更感興趣。
increased interest within the construction industry.
In Hong Kong, the number of construction disputes 本地透過香港國際仲裁中心進行仲裁解決的建造爭議
resolved by arbitration involving Hong Kong International 數目，由 1985 年的 5 宗，增加至 2008 年的 208 宗 。
1
Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) increased from 5 disputes in
1
1985 to 208 in 2008 .
鑑於傳統訴訟所需的時間（冗長）及費用（高昂），
This article briefly outlines some of the key highlights of why 本文就仲裁是否更為可行（及從商業角度而言更為合
arbitration maybe a more viable (and perhaps more
appropriate for commercial reasons) alternative to the 適），概述若干主要重點。
(lengthy) time and (sometimes high) cost of traditional
litigation.
Traditional Litigation 傳統訴訟
Construction disputes are technical in nature involving 建造爭議屬技術性質，不但涉及多方人士，爭議金額
multiple parties and bigger sums of monies at stake. These
features make a construction dispute more difficult to be 亦較高。正因如此，要解決建造爭議，比其他一般民
事申索更為困難。傳統的「四海通行」方法（即法院
disposed of than any other general civil claims. The
traditional ‘one size fits all’ method of going to court may not 訴訟），未必是最理想的方法。
provide the best solution.
1 See HKIAC website
見香港國際仲裁中心網頁
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