The West Kowloon Mediation Centre (“WKMC”) is established with the support from the Department of Justice and the Judiciary with a view to promoting more extensive use of mediation to resolve disputes and enhancing public awareness of mediation as a means of dispute resolution. It was officially launched on 8 November 2018.

Located in the newly built, modern red huts adjacent to the West Kowloon Law Courts Building, which houses the Small Claims Tribunal (“SCT”), WKMC has four meeting rooms, two mediation rooms and one multi-purpose room for mediation and related use. The beautiful garden courtyard of Japanese style is also a signature for the centre, designed for fostering a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere to facilitate better discussions during mediation meetings.

The Joint Mediation Helpline Office (“JMHO”) is appointed by the Government of the HKSAR as an independent coordinator to operate the WKMC and to implement a pilot mediation scheme for resolving suitable SCT cases and other appropriate cases with the amount in dispute not exceeding the jurisdictional limit of the SCT as prescribed under Section 5 of the Small Claims Tribunal Ordinance (Cap. 338 of the Laws of Hong Kong).