IN THE MATTER of section 6(9) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159) v IN THE MATTER of the appeal of TAM KAM TONG against the Law Society of Hong Kong under section 6(9) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap 159)

Read the full judgment text of HCMP 736/2025 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 December 2025.

1. By a decision dated 9 May 2025, the Law Society decided to impose conditions on the appellant’s practising certificate pursuant to section 6(5)(e) of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (“the Ordinance” [1] ) and section 3(i) of the Practising Certificate (Special Conditions) Rules (“the Rules” [2] ). The conditions are conditions 2 to 5 in Schedule 1 of the Rules, namely: