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Fees - For cases of Standard Eligible Dispute under Terms of Reference (Jan 2018)

 

Applicant/
Eligible Claimant (EC)

Financial
Institution (FI)

Making enquiries

Free of Charge

Free of Charge

Filing an Application Form*

$200

Not Applicable

Mediation

     

Specified Mediation Time (4 hours)

Amount of claim

Per case

Per case

 
  • less than $200,000
  • between $200,000 and $1,000,000
  • $1,000
  • $2,000
  • $5,000
  • $10,000

Extended Mediation Time

Amount of claim

   
 
  • Less than $200,000
  • Between $200,000 and $1,000,000
  • $750 / hour or part thereof
  • $1,500 / hour or part thereof
  • $750 / hour or part thereof
  • $1,500 / hour or part thereof

1. Total mediation costs (including Extended Mediation Time costs to be shared equally by the Parties) are capped at $20,000.

2. A small FI qualifying as Small Enterprise (SE) may file claim as EC, but the mediation /arbitration fee will be shared equally by the SE and the other FI.

Arbitration

     

Documents-only

Amount of claim

Per case

Per case

 
  • Up to $1,000,000
  • $5,000
  • $20,000

In-person hearing
(in addition to the fees payable for documents-only Arbitration)

Amount of claim

 

 

 
  • Up to $1,000,000
  • $12,500
  • $12,500

 

*The application fee of $200 is not refundable even if the Application is later rejected by the FDRC.

All fees are in Hong Kong dollars and are not refundable after payments are made to the FDRC.

For amount of claim over HK$1,000,000, please refer to Table B (For cases of Extended Eligible Dispute), Schedule of Fees, Terms of Reference (Jan 2018).

For claims in which the date of first knowledge of loss by the EC falls before 1 January 2018, please refer to Schedule of Fees, Terms of Reference (Feb 2014).