Professional Titles
Solicitor
Accredited Mediator (General & Family)
Accredited Family Mediation Supervisor
Civil Celebrant of Marriages
Academic Qualifications:
BA (Hons)
MA (with credit) in Arbitration and Dispute Resolution
FCIArb
Professional Qualifications:
1991 : Solicitor of the High Court of Hong Kong
1992 : Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (non-practising)
1994 : Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
Singapore (non-practising)
1994 : Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland (non-practising)
1994 : Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania (Australia) (non-practising)
1995 : Solicitor of the High Court of Ireland (non-practising)
Public Services
Chairman, Special Committee on Evaluative Mediation appointed by the Secretary for Justice
Member, Steering Committee on Mediation appointed by the Secretary for Justice
Member, Regulatory Framework Sub-committee under the Steering Committee on Mediation (2012 to 2016)
Member, Working Group on Apology Leglistion (2012 to 2016)
Member, Mediation Accreditation Committee, HKMAAL
Member, Working Party on Review of Hong Kong Mediation Code of HKMAAL
Director, eBRAM International Online Dispute Resolution Centre Limited
Academic Appointments
Adjunct Professor - City University of Hong Kong, School of Law
Adjunct Professor-Department of Law and Business, HKSYU
Visiting Professor - University of Law, United Kingdom
Judicial Experience
2002 - 2003 Labour Tribunal (Night Court), Judiciary - Deputy Presiding Officer
Feb - March 2018 / Jul - Aug 2018 District Court, Temporary Deputy Registrar
Publications
“Only Fools and Horses? – Episode Two”, (Issue No.17) Mediation – June 2003
“Book Review on Family Mediation : Theory and Practice with Chinese Families”, (Issue No.18) Mediation – August 2003
“Mediation Clause – A Boilerplate?”, (Issue No.19) Mediation – February 2004
“Case Review – Kenon Engineering Limited v. Nippon Kokan Koji Kabushiki Kaisha also known as Nippon Kokan Koji Corporation (CACV 214-216/2003)”, co-author, (Issue No.20) Mediation – July 2004
“The Long Story of a Brief Amendment – The history and development of section 17A of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance”, Hong Kong Lawyer – August 2005
“Book Review – A Magistrate’s Court in Nineteenth Century Hong Kong”, Hong Kong Lawyer – October 2005
“A Case for Probate Mediation in Hong Kong” co-author, Asian Dispute Review – October 2005
“The appointment of mediators - issues relating to mediators' fees”, conference paper of “Mediate First” Conference, a 2-day conference organized by the Department of Justice and other sponsors (May 2012)
“Should a lawyer - mediator's fee be shared in Hong Kong?” co-author, Hong Kong Lawyer - September 2012.
“A Mediator’s Prayer”, TANPAN, The Chinese-English Journal on Negotiation – November 2013
“調解保密 – 最近加拿大最高法院案例的啟示” co-author, Mediator’s Voice – October 2014
“Mediation : Recent Developments in Hong Kong and the Call for Compulsory Professional Indemnity Insurance”, Asian Journal on Mediation – 2014
“Chapter 4 – What Are the Legal Concerns When Mediating Internationally?”, Asian Mediation Handbook, Sweet & Maxwell - 2015
“Destruction of Mediator’s Notes: Is There Really a Need?”, co-author, Asian Journal on Mediation – 2017
"Hong Kong Apology Ordinance 2017", Kluwer Mediation Blog
"Settlement is not success, Impasse is not Failure : It is The Perseverance to Mediate That Courts" Kluwer Mediation Blog
"Remembering Colin J. Wall" , Kluwer Mediation Blog
Seeing Is Interpreting – We Are All Blind In Different Ways
DanShaRi – A Modern Decluttering Philosophy That Mediators May Find Interesting (2019)
Is Investor-State Mediation An Emerging Practice? A Practitioner’s Perspective (2019)
“Book Review – Singapore Mediation Handbook”, Asian Journal on Mediation – 2019
“Be Water, My Friend”, Kluwer Mediation Blog – 2 February 2020
“Bias & Virus – How Mediators Should Carry Themselves During This Difficult Time?”, Kluwer Mediation Blog – 2 April 2020
“A Mediator Prepares”, Kluwer Mediation Blog – 2 June 2020
More about Iu Ting Kwok
Medal of Honour (MH)
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A Mediator's Prayer
Settlement - A Mediator’s Prayer
Singapore International Mediation Centre
Japan International Mediation Center (JIMC-Kyoto)
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