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HK45: Mohan Bharwaney โ€“ Former HC Judge with legacy of socially valuable landmark verdicts

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๐‡๐Š๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ“: ๐Œ๐จ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐ž๐ฒ - ๐…๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‡๐‚ ๐‰๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฌ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ-๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ (Full)

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โ€œ๐ด๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ๐‘› ๐ป๐พ, ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐‘Œ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ. ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ฟ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ผ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ๐‘กโ€™๐‘  ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ผ๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘› ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ƒ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ฆ. ๐ผ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘œ.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ [๐ป๐พ] โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›. ๐ผ ๐‘‘๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘‘.โ€

โ–บ โ€œ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค [๐‘–๐‘› ๐ป๐พ] ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’. ๐ผ ๐‘Ž๐‘š ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘—๐‘ข๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ. ๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘  ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ป๐พ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘.โ€

๐†๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž:
Justice Mohan Bharwaney was born and raised in HK in a business family. He recently retired as a Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court after serving in the Judiciary for more than 10 years. He is credited with revolutionizing the way that personal injuries litigation is conducted, making the handling of such litigation by the courts more effective and efficient. Timely settlements are now made through mediation or other means. For his contributions, he was awarded the ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ข๐š ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ by the Government of HK SAR.

Justice Bharwaney studied law in HK and was admitted to the bar in HK and UK.ย  He practiced as a barrister and later as a senior counsel for over 30 years, in all levels of courts including Privy Council and Court of Final Appeal. He is a specialist in Insurance Law, Commercial Law, Personal Insurance and Medical Negligence. After retirement, he has returned to his private practice of Arbitration and Mediation.