 Hong Kong Courts’ jurisdiction to grant PCOs was recognised in "Chan Wai Yip Albert v Secretary for Justice" but scholars caution that the development must be cautious lest it be open to abuse.A consultation paper was published in 2005 by The Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong Conditional Fees Sub-committee to evaluate the pros and cons of conditional fees arrangement but it was rejected by the Law Reform Commission in 2007 primarily due to the lack of support from the insurance industry.In addition, unlike in the United States where NGOs and public interest law groups routinely bring public interest lawsuits on behalf of aggrieved individuals, in-house counsel working in NGOs and charities in Hong Kong are not allowed to directly represent the people these organizations serve.