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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1989
ALSO
MR MATHEWS SAID THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTED BY THE BILL HAD
ON LEGAL BEEN TAKEN TO BROADEN AND STRENGTHEN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
FOR OFFENCES UNDER THE EDUCATION, TO INCREASE THE FINES PRESCRIBED LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ORDINANCE WHICH HAD REMAINED UNCHANGED SINCE 1968, TO MAKE A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO ENSURE THAT DECLARED BANKRUPT HE OR SHE WOULD NOT PRACTICE AND TO MAKE A NUMBER NECESSARY IN THE LIGHT OF EXPERIENCE.
OF
WHERE A SOLICITOR WAS BE PERMITTED TO CONTINUE IN BE FOUND AMENDMENTS MINOR
ΤΟ
OF SOLICITORS, MR UNITED KINGDOM SOLICITOR AND
ON THE PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE ADMISSION MATHEWS POINTED OUT THAT A SOLICITOR QUALIFIED IN THE
HONG KONG WAS CURRENTLY ENTITLED TO BE ADMITTED AS A
TO THEREAFTER
PRACTISE
ACCOUNT OR ON HIS OWN REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG HE HAD LIVED IN HONG KONG AND EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATIONS.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITHOUT FURTHER
MUST HAVE
BY COMPARISON, A NEWLY ADMITTED HONG KONG SOLICITOR BEEN EMPLOYED FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE BEING SO ENTITLED TO SO PRACTISE.
"THE
HONG
IT DESIRABLE
IMPOSE A MINIMUM THOUGHT COMMITTEE
FOR UNITED KINGDOM SOLICITORS WISHING TO IN THE WORDS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WHICH ARGUES THE MUST FIRST OBTAIN KONG AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR
TO COMMITMENT
ΤΟ
RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENT PRACTISE IN HONG KONG AS SUCH A REQUIREMENT WOULD, THE COMMITTEE, 'ACCORD WITH THE WIDER
THOSE PRACTISING LAW IN THAT KNOWLEDGE OF LOCAL CONDITIONS HONG KONG, HE SAID.
CLAUSES 3 AND 4 OF THE BILL
PROVIDED THAT A UNITED KINGDOM RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR AT SOLICITOR SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE
AS LEAST THREE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE HE COULD APPLY FOR ADMISSION A HONG KONG SOLICITOR AND FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS (WHICH COULD THE PERIOD
THREE UNCONDITIONAL PRACTISING CERTIFICATE.
OF
MONTHS)
BEFORE
HE
COULD
APPLY
FOR
INCLUDE AN
AS
FOR THE
OF ADMISSION
BARRISTERS,
MR MATHEWS SAID A CURRENTLY ENTITLED TO BARRISTER QUALIFIED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS
HAD LIVED BE ADMITTED TO THE HONG KONG BAR REGARDLESS OF HOW LONG HE IN HONG KONG AND WITHOUT FURTHER EXAMINATION OR QUALIFICATION.
THE
OF
CONCERN "THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S COMMITTEE RECOGNISED THE APPARENT
PANEL
THAT OF
SUCH OF THE
DANGER UMELCO
TIE
ADMISSION
LARGE NUMBERS, BARRISTERS, IF SO READILY GRANTED AND PARTICULARLY IN MIGHT DETER YOUNG HONG KONG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING BARRISTERS INHIBIT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STRONG, INDEPENDENT LOCAL BAR," HE SAID.
ANDY THUS
IN PART ΤΟ THE PRE-SURE ON "IT IS ALSO RECOGNISED THAT,
IS A PLACES IN THE LAW FACULTY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, THERE
ΤΟ RETURNING TO AND NUMBER OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO, WITH A VIEW PRACTISING AS BARRISTERS IN HONG KONG, OBTAIN THEIR QUALIFICATIONS THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ARE CALLED TO THE BAR THERE.
"THEY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO RETURN TO HONG KONG.'
T
IN
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