Read the full judgment text of HCA 288/2014 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 22 January 2020.
1. The 1 st plaintiff (“ P1 ” or “ AYCHT ”) was a partnership that carried on the business of a solicitor firm in Hong Kong since 1997, and the 2 nd and 3 rd plaintiffs (“ P2 ” and “ P3 ”) were/are P1’s only partners. The defendant (“ D ”), an experienced legal practitioner, was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1994 and was one of P1’s founding partners. P1, P2 and P3 (collectively, “ Ps ”) claimed D was experienced in inter alia conveyancing legal practice, familiar with conveyancing pra