Hong Kong’s top judge has called for newly minted senior counsels to defend the rule of law when it is under threat and ensure “unimpeded” access to the city’s courts for every individual to safeguard public trust in the legal system. Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok, who spoke separately at the senior counsel admission…
The head of Hong Kong’s professional body for barristers has urged authorities to exercise their powers in a “considered and proportionate manner” when handling national security-related issues to show the city is a jurisdiction where civil rights are respected. Victor Dawes, chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association, also said on Monday that the measured…
Hong Kong should use its unique status as the only Chinese city that practises common law to bolster its “springboard” role in connecting the country with the rest of the world, a senior Beijing official has said. Cui Jianchun, the head of the foreign ministry’s office in Hong Kong, on Monday also dismissed as “rumours…
Hong Kong’s biggest lawyer group has sent warning letters to some of its members for accepting fees from a now-defunct defence fund for protesters involved in the 2019 social unrest, after the organisation wrapped up an investigation into 16 complaints. The Law Society of Hong Kong did not reveal on Monday how many lawyers had…