Contact Information: Tel: (852) 3163 4425 Fax: (852) 2994 2505 Email: elsakelly@cuhk.edu.hk Office: Room 416, 4th Floor, Faculty of Law Mong Man Wai Building The Chinese University of Hong Kong Sha Tin, NT, Hong Kong SAR

Professor Elsa Kelly 簡雅思副教授

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Elsa Kelly specialises in civil justice. Before she joined the academic community, she practised litigation with international firms in Hong Kong and England, handling disputes primarily in the fields of commercial, shipping, and insurance law. Her teaching expertise includes civil procedure, advocacy, and professional ethics. Her research and writing interests include civil justice, the legal profession, and self-representation in court.

Education and Professional Qualifications

• LLB (Hons) (University of Wales at Cardiff)
• Solicitors’ Final Examination (College of Law at Chester)
• Admitted to practise as a solicitor in Hong Kong, 1997
  (not currently in practice)
• Admitted to practise as a solicitor in England & Wales, 1991
  (not currently in practice)

Community Activities

• Advocacy Institute of Hong Kong, Member, Board of Governors
• Consultative Committee for the Resource Centre for Unrepresented Litigants in the High Court, Member
• Law Society of Hong Kong Pro Bono Working Party, Member

• Self-representation in Court
• Civil Justice
• Civil Procedure
• Professional Ethics
• The Legal Profession
• Admiralty Court Practice

Research Projects

• Investigation and Analysis of Issues Raised by Self-Representation in the High Court of Hong Kong, RGC Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, 2004-2005 round, $324,975.00
• Impact of Litigants in Person on the Civil Justice System in the HKSAR, completed 2003
• Aspects of the Civil Process, completed 2002

Representative Publications

Books

C Cameron and E Kelly, Principles and Practice of Civil Procedure in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Sweet and Maxwell (Asia), 2001

Refereed Journal Articles

E Kelly, 'Litigants in Person in Civil Proceedings: Part 3, Recovering Costs,' (2005) 35 Hong Kong Law Journal, October

E Kelly and C Cameron, 'Litigants in Person in Civil Proceedings: Part 2, Solicitors' Perspectives,' (2003) 33 (3) Hong Kong Law Journal, 585-612

C Cameron and E Kelly, 'Litigants in Person in Civil Proceedings: Part 1,' (2002) 32 Hong Kong Law Journal, 313-342

E Kelly, Hong Kong Civil Procedure ('The White Book'), contributing editor, Hong Kong, Sweet and Maxwell (Asia), 2001, 2002, 2004, and 2006 editions

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