Pretty Diamond Ltd is a limited company (‘the Company’) which engages mainly in the business of designing jewels. Recently, a designer in the Company, Miss Ho, while using a cutting blade, negligently injured the left eye of Miss Beauty, a wealthy customer of the Company. Beauty was badly injured and suffered a permanent loss of eyesight in her left eye. Beauty wanted to sue Miss Ho, estimating that her claim would be about HK$10 million.

Required:

a Advise Beauty whether she should initiate criminal or civil proceedings by explaining the difference in nature of the two kinds of proceedings.

b Advise Beauty to which court she should bring her claim and briefly describe the function and duties of this court.