Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000124/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 June 2000.
1. The appellant was, on 15 November 1999, convicted of three charges pursuant to section 46(1) of the Legal Practitioner's Ordinance, Cap.159. The charges were that he being an unqualified person did wilfully pretend to be recognised by law as qualified to act as a solicitor by means of an advertisement inserted in the Hong Kong Post; further, that he did wilfully pretend to be recognised by law as qualified to act as a solicitor by means of a second advertisement in the Hong Kong Post; and thi