The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:
         
     The Judiciary will implement the following adjustments to the civil jurisdictional limits of the District Court (DC) and the Small Claims Tribunal (SCT) and the fee schedule of filing of claims at the SCT starting from December 3, 2018:
 
Jurisdictional rise of the DC and the SCT
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Jurisdictional limit	Existing limit	Revised limit
General civil jurisdiction of the DC	$1 million	$3 million
Jurisdiction for land matters of the DC (in terms of the annual rent, rateable value, or the annual value of the land)	$240,000	$320,000
Equity jurisdiction of the DC where the proceedings do not involve or relate to land	$1 million	$3 million
Equity jurisdiction of the DC where the proceedings wholly involve or relate to land	$3 million	$7 million
Jurisdiction of the SCT	$50,000	$75,000

Revision of the fee schedule of filing of claims at the SCT
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Current range of claim amount	Revised range of claim amount	Fee
For a claim that does not exceed $3,000	For a claim that does not exceed $5,000	$20
For a claim that exceeds $3,000 but does not exceed $17,000	For a claim that exceeds $5,000 but does not exceed $25,000	$40
For a claim that exceeds $17,000 but does not exceed $33,000	For a claim that exceeds $25,000 but does not exceed $50,000	$70
For a claim that exceeds $33,000 but does not exceed $50,000	For a claim that exceeds $50,000 but does not exceed $75,000	$120

Ends/Thursday, November 29, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:10

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