30 Oct 1998
RE LESLIE GORDON KOSMIN, QC
- Citation
- RE LESLIE GORDON KOSMIN, QC
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP5622/1998
The court found the proceedings involved issues of unusual difficulty and complexity and, despite criticisms about delays and insufficient attempts to brief local senior counsel, the solicitors had made genuine attempts and special circumstances (notably competing demands on local counsel such as the Airport Inquiry) justified, reluctantly, admitting the overseas applicants under s.27(2).
- Admission of overseas counsel
- Section 27(2) legal practitioners ordinance
- Availability of local counsel
- Case of unusual difficulty and complexity
- Solicitors' duties in briefing counsel
- Representative action/ccass title issues