Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Public interest in maintaining local bar

Legal area

Court

18 Jun 2003

RE ALUN JONES QC

Citation

RE ALUN JONES QC
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1437/2003

The application was refused because the applicant failed to prove the case involved unusual difficulty or legal issues affecting local jurisprudence and failed to show that reasonable, genuine attempts to instruct available local senior counsel had been exhausted; public interest in maintaining a strong local Bar outweighed the defendant’s preference.
31 Jan 1986

RE NICOLAS DUSAN BRATZA

Citation

RE NICOLAS DUSAN BRATZA
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2526/1985

The application for admission was refused because the applicant failed to show that no suitable local junior counsel was available after reasonable and recent efforts to test availability; building and engineering disputes are not of such a specialized nature as to justify an overseas junior in this case; public interest in maintaining a strong local Bar requires preferring local juniors and admission of overseas juniors must remain rare.