{"id":8050,"date":"2023-06-06T05:19:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/?p=8050"},"modified":"2025-12-14T16:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T16:56:48","slug":"mediation-first-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/mediation-first-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"IH NEWS: Mediation First 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#420201;font-size:30px\"><strong>Ip &amp; Heathfield at Mediation First 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re honoured to share that our partner,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"\/zh\/blank\/\" target=\"_blank\">Derek K Ho<\/a>, was recently invited by the Hong Kong Department of Justice as a guest speaker at the annual \u201cMediate First\u201d Pledge Event 2023 to share his experiences on mediation in a family law context.<br>\u00a0<br>This distinguished event, organised by the Department of Justice, was a profound discussion focused on the use and benefits of mediation in a legal context. The purpose was to increase awareness on mediation as an means to explore less contentious and more cost-effective methods of resolving conflicts. The event was a platform for esteemed professionals in the field of law and justice to share insights and experiences.<br>\u00a0<br>We are grateful to have a representative from our firm at such a prestigious event and honoured to contribute to its success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/derekho.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8054\" width=\"838\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/derekho.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/derekho-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/derekho-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/derekho-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHonoured to have been invited by&nbsp;The Hong Kong Department of Justice&nbsp;to speak at the annual \u201cMediate First\u201d Pledge Event 2023 and share my first-hand experience with fellow practitioners and the public on the benefits of mediation in a family law context.<br><br>&#8220;I am grateful for the sharing of my fellow speakers and offer my congratulations to the&nbsp;\u6cd5\u6cbb\u5efa\u8a2d\u8fa6\u516c\u5ba4 Legal Enhancement and Development Office (LEAD Office)&nbsp;for the incredible success of the event.\u201d<br><br>-Derek.K.Ho, Partner of Ip &amp; Heathfield<br><br><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ip &amp; Heathfield at Mediation First 2023 We&#8217;re honoured to share that our partner,\u00a0Derek K Ho, was recently invited by the Hong Kong Department of Justice as a guest speaker at the annual \u201cMediate First\u201d Pledge Event 2023 to share his experiences on mediation in a family law context.\u00a0This distinguished event, organised by the Department [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37],"coauthors":[68],"class_list":["post-8050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-our-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8050"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8668,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050\/revisions\/8668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8050"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ihlaw.com.hk\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}