Solicitor Stephen Finley Guilty of Professional Misconduct

Lawyer Stephen Finley Guilty of Professional Misconduct

According to: http://www.hk-lawyer.org/en/article.asp?articleid=1444&c=121

 

Hearing date: 19 December 2000; Tribunal Decision: 20 December 2000
On 20 December 2000, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found that the following complaint against the Respondent (Lawyer Stephen Finley) was proved on his own admission:

• Breach of r 8(2) of the Accountant's Report Rules for failing on or before 30 September 1999 to deliver to the Council an accountant's report for the financial period 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 for his firm of which the Respondent is the sole proprietor.

The Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal ordered that the Respondent (Solicitor Stephen Finley):

• be censured;
• pay a fine of $7,000;
• pay costs of and incidental to the proceedings on a full indemnity basis and such costs shall include but not limited to the costs of and incidental to the investigation by the Law Society, the costs of the Clerk to the Tribunal and the costs of the Prosecutor and such costs shall be taxed if not agreed.

 Mr Nicholas Hunsworth of Messrs Johnson Stokes & Master for the Applicant.
The Respondent in person.