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Hong Kong Case Law

Solicitor discipline
  • 9 Dec 1998

    A Solicitor v. The Law Society

    Citation
    A Solicitor v. The Law Society
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV123/1998

    The Court exercised its appellate discretion to uphold the censure, reduce the monetary penalty from $250,000 to $50,000, and to order that the costs of and incidental to the proceedings and of the previous inquiry and investigation be taxed by a master on a full indemnity basis (if not agreed) with one third of those costs payable by the solicitor.