The Law Society of Hong Kong is a professional association for solicitors in Hong Kong vested with statutory powers to regulate the professional conduct of solicitors, trainee solicitors and foreign lawyers. It was incorporated in 1907 as a company limited by guarantee.
The Law Society speaks for the solicitors’ profession in Hong Kong and ensures our voice are accurately and purposefully communicated to relevant parties
The Law Society is dedicated to providing relevant and effective support to our members including professional training and legal practice updates.
The Law Society is committed to facilitating the attainment and maintenance of the highest professional standards by our members in the interest of the community
The Law Society reaches out and maintains a wide local and global network for knowledge exchange, experience sharing and collaboration between our members and different sectors of both the local and international communities.
The Law Society strives to raise general public legal awareness, facilitate public access to legal services and promote a culture of giving back to the community among our members.
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To formulate and, where appropriate, to make recommendations to the Council on policy for :-
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To monitor the work of the Conduct Section and Registration Section in carrying out such policies. |
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To consider and adjudicate upon allegations of professional misconduct that are of particular sensitivity, importance or complexity. |
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To oversee the work of and consider all requests for review of decisions of the Investigation Committees and the Consents Committee and to refer to the Council any such requests on matters of particular sensitivity, importance or complexity for ultimate decision upon review or for policy direction. |
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To adjudicate and issue letters of disapproval (or any other sanction authorized by the Council from time to time) in respect of matters of professional misconduct. |
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To oversee the administration of the authorized clerks scheme and to make recommendations to the Council from time to time. |
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To consider of its own motion or recommendations from Investigation Committees for submission of matters to the Tribunal Convenor of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal Panel, and to report such submissions to the Council. |
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To appoint prosecutors for disciplinary proceedings from either within the Secretariat or by instructing solicitors firms or barristers and to monitor the progress of those proceedings giving instructions to prosecutors from time to time. |
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To monitor the progress of appeals against Disciplinary Tribunal Findings and Orders and to appoint and give instructions to the Society's legal representatives. |
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To authorize intervention in a solicitors practice where, in the opinion of the committee, circumstances have arisen warranting the exercise of the statutory powers vested in the Council. |
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To exercise the power to require production of documents and to make recommendations to the Council for the exercise of the powers under S.8A of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance to suspend a solicitor from practice or foreign lawyer from registration and refer the matter to the Tribunal Convenor of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal Panel. |
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To make recommendations to the Council on the exercise of the powers under S.8AA of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance. |
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To sub-delegate any of its powers to such committees or members of the Secretariat as appropriate. |
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To authorize liaison with other bodies and disclosure of sensitive information to them. |
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To appoint accountants, investigators, agents, advisers or such other individuals or organizations as may be deemed appropriate to assist in the investigation of complaints. |
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To authorize the payments of fees incurred in investigations, disciplinary proceedings, appeals and interventions. |
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To monitor and make recommendations on expenditure in connection with the Compliance Department budget, staffing, and capital expenditure on support equipment. |
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To monitor statistics and trends in the work of the Conduct Section and Registration Section and to report to the Council. |
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To make recommendations to the Standing Committee on Standards and Development for legislative or rule changes. |
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To make recommendations to the Standing Committee on Practitioners Affairs on matters of concern to the profession generally. |
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To lay down and review from time to time the terms of reference of Investigation Committees and the Consents Committee, to review from time to time the terms of reference of the Standing Committee on Compliance and to make recommendations to Council for their amendment. |
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To exercise such other powers as may be delegated from time to time by the Council. |
