Read the full judgment text of CACV 000004/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 16 April 1998.
1. This is an appeal from Keith J., who, on 14 July 1997, dismissed an application by Robert James Brook ("Mr. Brook") for a judicial review of a decision of the Law Society of Hong Kong ("the Law Society"). Mr. Brook seeks admission to the roll of solicitors in Hong Kong on the basis of qualifications acquired by him outside Hong Kong, and the Law Society's decision (which I shall describe later) obstructs him in his attempt to attain this object. Mr. Brook now appeals against Keith J.'s dismis