麥東成律師專業失當罪成 (Solicitor Alrick Mak Tung Shing Guilty of Professional Misconduct)

Lawyer Alrick Mak Tung Shing Guilty of Professional Misconduct - 事務律師麥東成專業失當罪成

Findings and order:
7 March 2011

The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the following two Complaints against the Respondent proved on his own admission:

Complaint 3Breach of Principle 4.01 of the Guide in that the Respondent failed to keep his clients informed in relation to the incurring of costs in relation to a Winding Up Proceedings.

Complaint 6A (alternative to Complaints 4, 5 and 6)Breach of Principle 4.16 of the Guide and s 64 of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159) in that the Respondent entered into a contingency fee arrangement with his clients for acting in contentious proceedings.

By consent of the parties, Complaints 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 were not proceeded with.

On 7 March 2011, the Tribunal ordered the Respondent:

1. be censured;
2. in relation to Complaint 3, be fined the sum of HK$5000;
3. in relation to Complaint 6A, be fined the sum of HK$300,000;
4. to pay 57% of the Applicant’s costs of investigation and costs of these proceedings; and
5. to pay the costs of the Clerk.

 

(Source 1: http://www.hk-lawyer.org/en/article.asp?articleid=431&c=121)

(Source 2: http://www.hk-lawyer.org/tc/article.asp?articleid=431&c=121)