Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Suspension from practice

Legal area

Court

15 Apr 2005

A SOLICITOR v. THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG

Citation

A SOLICITOR v. THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV107/2005

The court granted an interim stay because the appellant had seriously arguable grounds of appeal and would suffer grave and potentially irreparable hardship rendering the appeal nugatory if the suspension took immediate effect; public protection did not require immediate suspension and therefore a stay pending determination of the appeal was justified.
24 Feb 1998

A SOLICITOR v. LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG

Citation

A SOLICITOR v. LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV8/1998

The court refused the appellant's application for an extension of time because the delay lacked satisfactory explanation, the appeal had virtually no prospect of success on both findings and sanctions, and the respondent would be prejudiced by further delay; consequently the respondent's application to strike out the appeal for failure to set down was granted and the appeal was struck out with costs to the respondent.
24 Oct 1986

RE A BARRISTER

Citation

RE A BARRISTER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2087/1986

Because bankruptcy is a materially serious ground that ordinarily disqualifies a barrister from practice during the period of bankruptcy, and because the respondent admitted the misconducts (with the other offences being of lesser significance), the appropriate order is indefinite suspension with liberty to apply to lift the suspension after twelve months if the receiving order is discharged.

Hong Kong Case Law

A SOLICITOR v. THE LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG

A SOLICITOR v. LAW SOCIETY OF HONG KONG

RE A BARRISTER