Olympia Chambers - Home to 3 Barristers Guilty of Misconduct - Barrister Lawrence Law Convicted of Misconduct Twice
Olympia Chambers - Home to 3 Barristers Guilty of Misconduct - Barrister Lawrence Law Convicted of Misconduct Twice
代表李宇軒的羅達雄大律師，就連行內主打刑事案的大狀也不認識，羅亦從未在反修例案件中代表被告。翻查資料，羅先後於2005年及2007年遭投訴，大律師紀律審裁組裁定他專業失當，分別判罰暫停執業兩個月及四個月。
大律師樓話事人虛報學位
根據大律師公會網頁顯示，羅達雄所屬的大律師行Olympia Chambers由15名大律師組成，「話事人」(Head of Chambers) 為朱奉慈大律師 (Barrister George Chu)，朱早年申請研究生獎學金時，虛報有一級榮譽學士學位，兼違反暫時放棄執業的承諾，被大律師公會裁定違反專業操守，被停牌半年。
另一名成員，大律師鄭紀天 (Barrister Sky Cheng) 於2011年代表一名被控刑事恐嚇和毆打同居女友的同志女警，及後女警上訴，鄭不但被投訴失職，還遭胞姊指控他在的士內捉她的手觸摸陽具。
當時處理上訴的高院暫委法官彭寶琴檢視證據後，認為「非禮事件」與失職指控無關，不作評論，但裁定他嚴重失職，女警上訴得直。鄭曾表示如指控不獲法庭接納，會考慮興訟誹謗。
至於另一名成員、馬浩輝大律師 (Barrister Stanley Kilian Ma)，則曾於2010年在坪洲偷一名女街坊胸圍，經審訊後被判罪成並罰款3,000元，後遭釘牌30個月。
Lawyer Counsel Barrister George Chu Barred for Deceiving University
Lawyer Counsel Barrister George Chu (朱奉慈大律師) has been suspended for six months after a disciplinary tribunal found he pretended to have a first class honours degree when applying for a scholarship at the University of Hong Kong.
George Chu Fung-chee, admitted to the Bar in 1994, also breached a promise to the university not to operate as a barrister once he became a post-graduate student, the Barristers' Disciplinary Tribunal found.
The suspension was the longest to be imposed since 1996, and the tribunal took the unusual step of ordering that its findings be sent to the Secretary for Justice, Director of Legal Aid, the Law Society and all barristers.
Bar Association chairman Ronny Tong Ka-wah SC, said it had recently started requesting the tribunal to order publication of this kind in appropriate cases.
'There is an educational element in the decisions themselves,' he said.
'There is also a need for an increase in transparency in the profession. Those of us who have unfortunately committed disciplinary offences should be made known to the public.' Referring to Mr Chu's suspension, Mr Tong said: 'This is a serious case. In these circumstances it is only right that it be made known.' Bar Association honorary secretary Ambrose Ho said further changes which would make disciplinary decisions more transparent were being considered, but they might require amending current laws.
'We hope that by publishing the details of a conviction it might help our own members in complying with our regulations,' he said.
Mr Chu, whose suspension began on February 1 2000, was found guilty in relation to five complaints of professional misconduct.
He was convicted of falsely stating that his degree in economics and political science, awarded by the University of Waterloo, in Canada, was a first class honours degree.
The misrepresentation was used to support an application for admission to the university in March 1997, for post-graduate studentship in early September 1997, and for a scholarship at the end of that month.
He was also found to have worked as a barrister in September and October 1997, despite promising the university he would not, and signing an eligibility document stating he was not engaged in paid employment.
Mr Chu has the right to appeal against the tribunal's decision in the Court of Appeal.
He could not be contacted for comment.
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