Solicitor Jonathan Edward Spencer Rostron Guilty of Professional Misconduct (羅思川律師專業失當罪成)

羅思川律師專業失當罪成 - Lawyer Jonathan Rostron Guilty of Professional Misconduct

Reasons and order:
29 August 2011

The Hong Kong Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found the following two complaints against the Solicitor Jonathan Rostron proved:

1st Complaint Breach of Rule 10 of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules in that the Respondent had failed to keep properly written up books and accounts for his firm.

2nd ComplaintBreach of Rule 11 of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules in that the Respondent had failed to produce his firm’s books and accounts to the Monitoring Accountants appointed by the Council for inspection.

The Tribunal ordered that:

1. For the 1st complaint, the Respondent be fined HK$50,000.
2. For the 2nd complaint, the Respondent be suspended for a period of three years and be subject to the condition to practice that on his resuming practice as a solicitor, for the first three years, he cannot do so as a sole-proprietor or partner of any solicitors firm and can only do so as an employed solicitor under the supervision of a solicitor of no less than 10 years’ active post-qualification experience in Hong Kong.
3. Half of the costs of these proceedings, including the costs of the Clerk, be borne and paid for by the Respondent, such costs to be taxed, if not agreed, on a party-and-party basis.

 

(Source 1: http://www.hk-lawyer.org/en/article.asp?articleid=424&c=121)

(Source 2: http://www.hk-lawyer.org/tc/article.asp?articleid=424&c=121)