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  • 27 Aug 2010

    MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG v. HELEN CHAN

    Citation
    MEDICAL COUNCIL OF HONG KONG v. HELEN CHAN
    Court
    Court of Final Appeal
    Case number
    FACV13/2009

    The Court restored the finding of professional misconduct, remitted the matter to the Medical Council to hear full mitigation and to impose either a reprimand or a warning letter, and exercised its costs discretion to award the Medical Council 80% of its costs in the Court of Appeal, 80% of its costs in this Court and 80% of the costs of written submissions, while upholding the Court of Appeal's order on the leave application and ordering all costs to be taxed on a party-and-party basis if not agreed, because Dr Chan pursued commercial interests in breach of professional ethics and her limite…