WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
CLAUSE 9 OF THE BILL PROPOSED
ΤΟ RESTRICT ADMISSION ΤΟ THE
HONG KONG BAR BY UNITED KINGDOM BARRISTERS BY REQUIRING AN APPLICANT:
TO HAVE HAD THREE YEARS' PRACTICE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM; OR
*
TO BE A HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENT; OR
*
TO HAVE HONG KONG AS HIS NATURAL PLACE OF DOMICILE; OR
ΤΟ
HAVE SEVEN YEARS.
BEEN
ORDINARILY
RESIDENT
IN
HONG
KONG FOR
LAWYERS, QUALIFIED
SAID THAT
WITHIN
THE
ON THE ISSUE OF COMMONWEALTH
AND THE THE JUDICIAL ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
(SERVICE IN REGISTRAR GENERAL'S DEPARTMENTS) COMMONWEALTH JURISDICTIONS ORDINANCE, AND THE LEGAL AID
GOVERNMENT
MATHEWS SERVICE AID AND
MR LEGAL THE LEGAL LAWYERS QUALIFIED IN
CHAMBERS,
WERE THERE BY WHO,
VIRTUE OF THE LEGAL OFFICERS
WERE ORDINANCE,
ENTITLED TO PRACTISE
HONG KONG LAW WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT.
AND UNDER IT SOME LAWYERS
THIS ARRANGEMENT WAS LONGSTANDING QUALIFIED IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN THE SCHEDULE IN CLAUSE 19 OF BILL HAD PRACTISED HONG KONG LAW FOR MANY YEARS.
THE
LAWS FROM UNLESS THEY OBTAINED A POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE OF
THEY WERE THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AND SERVED AS ARTICLED CLERKS
ADMITTED AS HONG HONG
KONG SOLICITORS NOT, HOWEVER, ENTITLED TO BE PRACTISE OUTSIDE THE JUDICIAL AND THE GOVERNMENT LEGAL SERVICE.
PRACTICE,
ΤΟ
OF LAWS LAW IN THE GOVERNMENT
"AS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE POST GRADUATE CERTIFICATE AND SERVICE IN ARTICLES ARE DESIGNED TO TEACH THE PRACTICE OF HONG KONG AND TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR
то APPLY THOSE REQUIREMENTS CONSIDERS THAT IT
IN THE PRACTICE OF LAWYERS WHO ALREADY HAVE SUBSTANTIAL EXPERIENCE HONG KONG LAW," MR MATHEWS SAID.
IS UNNECESSARY
ΤΟ
то THE BILL PROVIDED THAT THESE LAWYERS SHOULD BE ELIGIBLE
KONG HONG
SOLICITORS, SUBJECT ADMITTED BY THE CHIEF JUSTICE AS CERTAIN CONDITIONS BEING MET.
BE
TO
CLAUSE 3 OF THE BILL AND THESE CONDITIONS WERE SET OUT IN
SEVEN YEARS' EMPLOYMENT IN
OR JUDICIAL INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT OF GOVERNMENT LEGAL SERVICE, THREE OF WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN SPENT ON APPROPRIATE TO THE PRACTICE OF A HONG KONG SOLICITOR.
CLAUSE 4 OF THE BILL IMPOSED, IN EFFECT, AN ANNUAL QUOTA OF
BY ON THE NUMBER OF SOLICITORS WHO COULD ENTER PRIVATE PRACTICE ROUTE.
WORK
10 THIS
THE BILL