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The Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong (Desk Edition 2018)

The Professional Conduct of Lawyers in Hong Kong (Desk Edition 2018)

Author: Michael Wilkinson; Michael Sandor
Publisher: LexisNexis Hong Kong_
ISBN: 9789888477418
Published In: September 2018
Format: Paperback , 930 pages
Jurisdiction: Hong Kong ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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In considering its usefulness for practitioners, the book ought to and is intended to provide in one volume, up-to-date information, discussion and analysis of practice and principle, for solicitors, barristers, the judiciary, government lawyers, prosecutors, in-house counsel, foreign and overseas lawyers and students. The loose-leaf edition with its several large volumes, is appropriate for a law firm or barrister?s chambers but is not portable. The web-sites of the Law Society of Hong Kong and the Bar Association, are well-ordered and provide access to the relevant legislation and circulars as well as their own publications and links to many sources of local and international information about legal practice; but there is no overall interrogation structure.

Given the scattering of sources, it is clearly desirable to have a cohesive and portable text that provides both overview and detail as well as connections and comment which are useful to the practitioner and the student.

Professional responsibility issues have multiplied and become more finely tuned with the expansion of legislation and regulation of legal practice here and overseas. Legal practice itself has become entwined with a great variety of governmental, social and corporate regulation, locally and internationally. Consequently, practitioners have had to become particularly sensitive to the interplay of regulation with professional responsibility considerations when taking up the task of advising and representing clients.

As before, this book incorporates relevant decisions and comment from other jurisdictions. We hope that this book will assist the practitioner in being alert to current and impending responsibility issues when asked for advice and assistance. We hope that it will assist practitioners in understanding and maintaining the high standards of conduct that the Hong Kong legal profession expects of its members.
Chapter 1: Introducing to the Legal Profession in Hong Kong

Chapter 2: The Sources of Hong Kong Lawyers’ Legal and Ethical Responsibilities

Chapter 3: Admission to Practice

Chapter 4: The Nature of the Solicitor’s Practice and the Solicitor’s Management of his Office

Chapter 5: Practice Promotion and the Obtaining of Business

Chapter 6: The Retainer

Chapter 7: Remuneration

Chapter 8: Confidentiality and Legal Professional Privilege

Chapter 9: Conflicts of Interests and Duties

Chapter 10: Competence, Quality of Service and Negligence

Chapter 11: The Litigation Solicitor

Chapter 12: Professional Undertakings

Chapter 13: Solicitors’ Duties and their Relations with Profession, the Public and Third Parties

Chapter 14: ‘Employed’ (In-House) Solicitors

Chapter 15: Solicitors and the Disciplinary Process

Chapter 16: Admission to Practice

Chapter 17: The Organization of Chambers

Chapter 18: Counsel’s Relationship with Instructing Solicitor: Taking Instructions and the Scope of Counsel’s Authority

Chapter 19: Negotiation and Recovery of Fees

Chapter 20: The Duties of the Barrister to the Public and to his Profession

Chapter 21: Practice Promotion, Advertising and Publicity

Chapter 22: The Barrister’s Duty to the Lay Client

Chapter 23: The Advocate’s Conduct before Trial and Court

Chapter 24: Employed Barristers and Non-Practising Barristers

Chapter 25: Barristers and the Disciplinary Process

Chapter 26: The Duties of Counsel for the Prosecution