Deacons in the international media 19 July 2006 Deacons' Litigation Partner Robert Clark was quoted on Wednesday, 19 July, in the authoritative UK-based Financial Times newspaper about the recent agreement between China and Hong Kong on reciprocal enforcement of court judgments which will help clear the way for litigants to use Hong Kong's highly respected legal system to resolve disputes with mainland counterparts. The story quoted Robert, in part, as saying "I see this as a very significant moment in the development of the legal relationship between Hong Kong and China...It will give litigants access to a judicial system that they know and trust, that is built and modelled upon the English common law, and a direct right of enforcement of judgments… in China".