On August 16, 2021, the Supreme People’s Court issued the 2020 National Maritime Trial Typical Cases. Cases of Disputes on Liability for Marine Personal Injury between Fan XX, Guo XX, Huang XX, Zhou XX, and Luo XX tried by the Zhuhai Court of GZMC was selected. The collegiate panel to hear the case is the presiding judge Zhang Le, the judge Yan Hui, and the Macau people's assessor Ling Junlin.
The defendant in this case is a Macau citizen. After the case was filed, facing the problem of serving the litigation documents to the Macau citizens, GZMC successfully resolved the service issues of many Macau parties with the help of the cooperation platform with the Zhuhai Hong Kong and Macau Mobile Fishermen Association. Affected by COVID-19, one of the 89-year-old defendants was unable to complete the authorization procedures through the mainland notarization or the court interview. With the help of the case authorization witness platform developed by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, GZMC successfully completed the first case of cross-border authorization witness involving a Macau citizen. Taking into account the fact that the case involved Macau, Hong Kong and Macau mobile fishing vessel operation factors, Macau law needs to be applied in the trial of the case, and Macau people's juror is selected as member of the collegiate panel to carry out mediation work in conjunction with the Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau Mobile Fishermen's Association. In the end, the mediation was successful, and GZMC issued a civil mediation statement for confirmation. The defendant has fulfilled all obligations on schedule.
The settlement of this case is a successful practice of GZMC 's joint efforts to promote a diversified settlement mechanism for disputes involving mobile fishermen in Hong Kong and Macau. Since 2018, while ensuring the regular participation of Hong Kong and Macau jurors in trials, GZMC has continuously explored and improved the way for Hong Kong and Macau jurors to participate in trials, and promoted the convergence of legal rules and mechanisms between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. GZMC also signed a cooperation agreement with the Zhuhai Hong Kong and Macau Mobile Fishermen Association to give full play to the advantages of the Zhuhai Hong Kong and Macau Floating Fishermen Association, to fully implement the "online" and "offline" mediation model for disputes involving Hong Kong and Macau mobile fishermen. Taking "One-stop" settlement to resolve disputes involving mobile fishermen in Hong Kong and Macau, and such disputes all have been properly resolved.