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Mediation Statistics

obtained by the Judiciary

The Hon Mr. Justice Lam

Vice-President

The Court of Appeal of the High Court

21.03.2014

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38% (159 cases)

38% (217 cases)

45% (286 cases)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2012 2013

Court of First Instance Mediation Success Rate

Mediation Success Rate

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48% (124 cases) 42%

(147 cases)

42% (186 cases)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2011 2012 2013

District Court Mediation Success Rate

Mediation Success Rate

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46% (266 cases)

57% (363 cases)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2012 2013

Court of First Instance Settlement Rate#

Settlement Rate

# It is measured by adding the number of cases with settlement (full or partial) by mediation and those not settling

through mediation but disposed of within 6 months afterwards, divided by the total number of cases with mediation

over that year.

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5

52% (180 cases)

54% (240 cases)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

2012 2013

District Court Settlement Rate#

Settlement Rate

# It is measured by adding the number of cases with settlement (full or partial) by mediation and those not settling

through mediation but disposed of within 6 months afterwards, divided by the total number of cases with mediation

over that year.

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$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

2011 2012 2013

HK

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Court of First Instance Average Costs of Mediated Cases

144 cases

15 cases

262 cases

212 cases

5 cases

358 cases

281 cases 351

cases

5 cases

2011 2012 2013

Full agreement HK$17,000 per case HK$18,200 per case HK$17,300 per case

Partial agreement HK$30,100 per case HK$19,500 per case HK$23,500 per case

No agreement HK$17,500 per case HK$17,100 per case HK$15,200 per case

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$0

$5,000

$10,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$30,000

$35,000

2011 2012 2013

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District Court Average Costs of Mediated Cases

2011 2012 2013

Full agreement HK$14,300 per case HK$13,100 per case HK$13,800 per case

Partial agreement HK$23,800 per case HK$11,700 per case HK$17,400 per case

No agreement HK$10,400 per case HK$11,400 per case HK$10,400 per case

120 cases

4 cases

135 cases

141 cases

6 cases

202 cases

181 cases

5 cases

255 cases

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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2011 2012 2013

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Court of First Instance Average Time Spent on Mediated Cases

144 cases

15 cases

262 cases

212 cases

5 cases

358 cases

281 cases

5 cases

351 cases

2011 2012 2013

Full agreement 5 hours per case 6 hours per case 5 hours per case

Partial agreement 9 hours per case 4 hours per case 7 hours per case

No agreement 5 hours per case 5 hours per case 4 hours per case

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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

2011 2012 2013

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District Court

Average Time Spent on Mediated Cases

120 cases

135 cases

4 cases

181 cases

6 cases

202 cases

141 cases

5 cases

255 cases

2011 2012 2013

Full agreement 6 hours per case 5 hours per case 5 hours per case

Partial agreement 6 hours per case 3 hours per case 5 hours per case

No agreement 4 hours per case 4 hours per case 3 hours per case

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2012 2013

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Court of First Instance Average duration between the date of appointing mediator to the date of completion of mediation

116 cases

1 case

192 cases

234 cases

2 cases

247 cases

2012 2013

Full agreement 43 days 44 days

Partial agreement 6 days 91 days

No agreement 37 days 42 days

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0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

2012 2013

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District Court Average duration between the date of appointing

mediator to the date of completion of mediation

2012 2013

Full agreement 25 days 28 days

Partial agreement 22 days 64 days

No agreement 28 days 30 days

92 cases 3

cases

108 cases

136 cases

3 cases

178 cases

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Full agreement (563 cases)

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

Full agreement & Partial agreement

No agreement

Family Mediation Co-ordinator’s Office Mediation Success Rate

01.08.2003 – 31.12.2012

Partial agreement No agreement

Partial agreement (85 cases)

34% (331 cases)

Full agreement

66%

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0

5

10

15

20

25

Full agreement Partial agreement No agreement

Ho

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Family Mediation Co-ordinator’s Office

Average Time Spent on Mediated Cases 01.08.2003 – 31.12.2012

11 hours (563 cases)

13 hours (85 cases)

5 hours (331 cases)


No agreement

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%


No agreement


Building Management Mediation Co-ordinator’s Office

Mediation Success Rate 01.01.2008 – 31.12.2012

(330 cases)

Full agreement

41%

59%

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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


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6 hours (162 cases)

6 hours (64 cases)

4 hours (330 cases)


No agreement

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%


No agreement

Family Mediation Co-ordinator’s Office Mediation Success Rate

01.01.2013 – 31.12.2013



31% (35 cases)

Full agreement

69%

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0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%


No agreement



Mediation Success Rate 01.01.2013 – 31.12.2013

48% (33 cases)

Full agreement

52%

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$0

$2,000

$4,000

$6,000

$8,000

$10,000

$12,000


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Family Mediation Co-ordinator’s Office Average Costs of Mediated Cases in 2013*

Full agreement (70 cases) HK$7,100 per case

Partial agreement (8 cases) HK$11,100 per case

No agreement (35 cases) HK$7,500 per case

* 73% of cases appointed mediators from NGOs for family mediation. These NGOs would provide mediation service

with concession rate to parties with financial difficulty.

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$0

$500

$1,000

$1,500

$2,000

$2,500


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Full agreement (1 case) HK$350 per case

Partial agreement (1 case) HK$2,000 per case

No agreement (4 cases) HK$1,170 per case


Average Costs of Fee-charging Mediated Cases in 2013*

* 8% of cases chose mediators with fee charging.

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5

10

15

20

25


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Family Mediation Co-ordinator’s Office Average Time Spent on Mediated Cases

01.01.2013 – 31.12.2013

15 hours (70 cases)

22 hours (8 cases)

10 hours (35 cases)


No agreement

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0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


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5 hours (26 cases)

4 hours (10 cases)

3 hours (33 cases)


No agreement

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0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

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FMCO & BMMCO Average duration between the date of appointing mediator to the date of completion of mediation

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

FMCO 116 days 96 days 90 days 94 days 91 days 83 days

BMMCO 53 days 60 days 49 days 52 days 62 days 47 days

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2010 2011 2012 2013

Yearly 788 803 610 258

Accumulated Yearly 788 1,591 2,201 2,459

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No. of parties attended MIO Information Sessions

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100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1,000

2010 2011 2012 2013

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No. of cases handled by MIO

2010 2011 2012 2013

High Court 145 50 25 16

District Court 220 126 138 65

Others and Self-approach 50 54 39 24

Accumulated Yearly 415 645 847 952

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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 (up to Feb)

Yearly 305,551 189,126 218,788 254,636 36,309

Accumulated Yearly 305,551 494,677 713,465 968,101 1,004,410

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200,000

400,000

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Mediation Website Statistic

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140 162 167 170 194 201 227

1063

1299 1438 1528

1689

1968 2168

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500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

3,000

Total number of mediators in Hong Kong

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Jan 2011 Jul 2011 Jan 2012 Jul 2012 Jan 2013 Jul 2013 Jan 2014

General Mediators 1,063 1,299 1,438 1,528 1,689 1,968 2,168

Family Mediators 140 162 167 170 194 201 227

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