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