HK Judiciary orders Wang Fuk Court fire claimants to try mediation before suing

Hong Kong's Judiciary has issued a set of binding procedural rules requiring former residents of the fire-hit Wang Fuk Court to exhaust other options for compensation before formally filing civil claims at the city's courts as a "last resort."

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