Read the full judgment text of HCAL 39/2016 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 April 2017.
1. Y wrote to the Law Society (“ LS ”) to enquire if he needed to disclose his spent convictions involving dishonesty (which he disclosed) in his intended application for traineeship. LS replied in the affirmative. Without Y’s consent, LS published 2 circulars to members (“ the 2 Circulars ”) identifying Y as a person who might not be employed by a solicitor without prior permission of LS because of his convictions involving dishonesty.
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