19 Jul 2021
MARK TAYLOR SIMPSON QC v. BAR COUNCIL OF THE HONG KONG BAR ASSOCIATION AND ANOTHER v. THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFA 25
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV144/2021
The applications for leave to appeal were refused because the appeals were rendered wholly academic by a commercial settlement and the subsequent instruction of a local barrister, and there was insufficient exceptional public interest to justify granting leave; the Court therefore declined to decide the substantive questions raised.