On Oct. 10, Zhuhai Detached Tribunal of Guangzhou Maritime Court tried a case concerning disputes over shipbuilding contracts. A collegial panel consisting of Presiding Judge and President Ye Liudong, Judge Han Haibin and People’s Accessor from Macau Hu Jingguang was formed to conduct the trial. This is the first time for Guangzhou Maritime Court to bring in resident of the Macao Special Administrative Region on case trial as the people’s accessor.
This case is concerning disputes over shipbuilding contracts. Before the trial, President Ye gathered all members of collegial panel to study the case and clear the thoughts. During the trial, members of collegial panel not only shared out the work and cooperated with one another, but also conducted the court trial and ascertained the facts of the case according to the legal procedures.
Hong Kong and Macau are two international metropolises tightly connected with the world economy. In particular, Hongkong is an important international finance center, trade center and shipping center in addition to being the third-ranking finance center of the world. To give full play to the talents superiority of Hongkong and Macau in international finance, trading and shipping industry and broaden the channel for people’s accessors to participate in the trial of maritime cases, Zhuhai Detached Tribunal brought in Macau resident on case trial base on the research and discussion on the feasibility of Macau residents participating in the case trial, so as to expand the influence to the outside world and better serve the construction of the national maritime justice center.