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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1991
A
SPOKESMAN
SAID
THERE
AMONG SHOULD
WAS A CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT TRAINEE SOLICITORS (ARTICLED CLERKS) AND SOLICITORS THAT THERE
WHICH COMPLEMENTED BE COURSES RELATING TO SUBSTANTIVE LAW AND SKILLS THEIR ACTIVITIES IN PRACTICES.
JUDGING
FROM
SIMILAR SUCCESS IN
JURISDICTIONS WITH OTHER
THAT MANDATORY CONTINUING LEGAL SOCIETY DECIDED SCHEMES, THE LAW
THE TRAINING AND EDUCATION COURSES SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE COMPETENCE OF SOLICITORS.
TO IT WAS INTENDED
BENEFIT THE
SOLICITORS AND THE
PUBLIC
THROUGH THE PROVISION OF BETTER LEGAL SERVICES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
INITIALLY, THE SCHEME WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TRAINEE AND JUNIOR SOLICITORS IN THEIR FIRST TWO YEARS OF PRACTICE.
SOLICITORS
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS CLAUSES 3, 4 AND 10 OF THE BILL AMEND THE
SUPERVISE A ORDINANCE BY PERMITTING THE LAW SOCIETY TO IMPLEMENT AND
PRACTISING CERTIFICATES AND TO MCLE SCHEME
ISSUE CONDITIONAL ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE SCHEME.
ΤΟ
AT PRESENT,
THE
ISSUANCE
OF
PRACTISING
CERTIFICATES
LAWYERS IN HONG KONG IS DONE BY THE LAW SOCIETY FOR SOLICITORS AND THE REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT FOR BARRISTERS.
FOR
BY
THAT THE BAR ASSOCIATION THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WAS BELIEVED
CERTIFICATES FOR SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER THE ISSUANCE OF PRACTISING
SELF- BARRISTERS, SO THAT THE BAR COULD BE SEEN TO BE INDEPENDENT AND REGULATING.
WOULD REPLACE THE CERTIFICATES, AND THE PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE
BAR THE
COUNCIL THAT THE BILL PROVIDES REGISTRAR OF THE SUPREME COURT TO ISSUE PRACTISING WOULD MAKE RULES ON ISSUANCE SUBJECT TO CHIEF JUSTICE.
THE
SPOKESMAN SAID IT HAD BEEN ON ADMISSION OF BARRISTERS, DIFFICULT UNDER THE LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE FOR SOME SOLICITORS WHO HAD PRACTISED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN HONG KONG TO LEGAL PRACTICE TO BARRISTERS.
CHANGE THEIR
A HONG CLAUSE 5(a) OF THE BILL AMENDS THE ORDINANCE TO PERMIT
YEARS' RECENT EXPERIENCE TO BE KONG SOLICITOR WITH AT LEAST THREE ADMITTED AS A BARRISTER.
FOR
OUTSIDE HONG KONG IN PRACTISED WHO BARRISTERS
PERSONS COULD BE BOTH JURISDICTIONS WITH A FUSED PROFESSION (WHERE
OF THE SOLICITORS AND BARRISTERS SIMULTANEOUSLY), CLAUSES 5(b) AND 7
AND ADMITTED BILL REMOVE RESTRICTIONS UPON THEM FROM BEING QUALIFIED AS A BARRISTER.
THIS WOULD ENABLE MORE PERSONS FROM OVERSEAS TO BE ADMITTED
A BARRISTER UNDER THE BAR, SUBJECT TO THEIR BEING QUALIFIED AS LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE.
TO
THE
ΤΟ
IT WOULD ALSO PERMIT BARRISTERS IN HONG KONG TO BE ADMITTED PRACTISE IN JURISDICTIONS WITH A FUSED PROFESSION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
/THE BILL