19 Mar 2002
THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG v. A SOLICITOR
- Citation
- THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG v. A SOLICITOR
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV2435/2001
The Court held that it has jurisdiction to hear appeals from summary dismissals under Rule 6 because such dismissals qualify as 'orders' under sections 10 and 12 of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance and thus fall within section 13; and the Tribunal erred on the merits by treating lack of convictions of third‑party lenders as a bar to determining misconduct by the solicitor, since the disciplinary inquiry concerns the solicitor's conduct irrespective of whether third parties have been or will be criminally convicted; Re Stromberg was distinguishable and not applicable.