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Hong Kong Case Law

Solicitors' duties in briefing counsel
  • 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