18 Jun 1997
CHAN SIU CHUNG v. LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- CHAN SIU CHUNG v. LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV73/1997
The court held that the phrase 'where a firm acts for a client in relation to that client's criminal litigation' in rule 5D(a) is to be given a broad construction to include preparatory, incidental or anticipatory acts (such as attending an identification parade likely to lead to criminal proceedings); accordingly rule 5D applied and the Tribunal's finding on charge 4 was upheld. The plea of guilty did not preclude appeal but the authority relied on did not avail the appellant. The Tribunal's penalties were not so wrong or unjustified as to warrant interference by this Court.