Whenever disputes arise (e.g. non-payment of a contract sum), you may consider appointing a lawyer to issue a demand letter (Demand Letter) to recover the debt for you. However, most of the situation, it is not that simple to settle the matter by just a letter and in most cases the disputes must be settled before the court.
Hong Kong is a common law system, and if the dispute becomes a legal action in court, you will usually have to hire at least 2 different lawyers, a solicitor (for easy understanding, lawyers specialising in paper work and with limited right of appeaing before the court) and a barrister (lawyer specialising in court hearing), except in small claims cases (HK$75,000) or those uncomplicated case which can be handled by solicitor only. Unlike Japan, contingency fees are not permitted in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, a barrister cannot take instruction from from the client directly and must always accept instructions only from the solicitor.
Litigation in Hong Kong is time-consuming and expensive, but 90 per cent of cases end in settlement rather than going to final trial.
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