Repeal and replacement
of section 27.
On death of
solicitor practising on his own account Committee to deal with banking accounts of practice. 1985 2. 33. 3. 14.
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the provisions of the Schedule, other than paragraph 7 thereof, shall apply in relation to such personal representatives and shall continue to apply to the personal representatives of the solicitor last mentioned as they apply or applied, as the case may be, in rela- tion to the solicitor referred to in those provisions and as if the words "the personal representatives" were, with the necessary adaptations, substituted for the words "the solicitor" wherever these words occur in those provisions,
(2) In this section the expressions "trust" and "trustee" have the same meanings as in section 26A.
26D. On the death of a solicitor who immediate- ly before his death was practising as a solicitor in his own name or as a sole solicitor in a firm name the right to operate on or otherwise deal with any banking account in the name of the solicitor or his firm, being an account in the title of which the word “client" appears, shall, notwithstanding anything in this Ordin- ance or otherwise to the contrary, vest in the Com- mittee to the exclusion of any personal representatives of such solicitor and shall be exercisable as from the death of the solicitor.".
Section 27 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the following-
"Power of Court to admit barristers,
27. (1) The Court may, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice, admit as a barrister of the Supreme Court in Hong Kong, any person who satisfies the following requirements, that is to say...
(a) he has been called to the Bar in England or Northern Ireland or admitted as an advocate in Scotland;
(b) he is not at the time of the application dis- barred or removed from the roll of advocates in Scotland or suspended from practice as such barrister or advocate;
(c) he is not in practice as a solicitor either on his own account or as a partner or salaried employee in a legal firm in any country where a qualified person is able to practise both as a barrister and solicitor at the same time and does not intend whilst enrolled as a barrister in the Colony to practise as a
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solicitor either on his own account or as a partner or salaried employee in a legal firm in any such country:
(d) he has since the date of his call to the Bar in England or Northern Ireland, or his admission as an advocate in Scotland, been engaged in active practice as a barrister or advocate, in any part of the Commonwealth for a period of not less than twelve months which period may include-
() if he has obtained a certificate issued by the Council of Legal Education that he has satisfactorily completed the Council's Post Final Practical Course, the period of such course,
(ii) any period spent as a pupil in the chambers of a practising barrister in England or Northern Ireland or of a member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland;
(iii) any period spent as a pupil in the chambers of a practising barrister (of not less than five years standing as a barrister) in Hong Kong; and
(e) be has been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a period of at least eight consecu- tive months immediately prior to the date of his application for admission or satisßes the Court that he intends to be ordinarily resident in the Colony.
(2) The Court may admit a person as a barrister under this section-
(a) with the right only to such limited practice as may be prescribed by the Chief Justice, notwithstanding that such person does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (d) of subsection (1); or
(b) either generally or for the purpose of any particular case or cases and may impose on a person so admitted restrictions and condi. tions as the Court may see fit, notwithstand- ing that such person does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (e) of subsection (1).".