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Hong Kong Barristers Mark Sutherland, Robert Tibbo and Valerie Lim Convicted of Misconduct

Disgusting Hong Kong Barrister Mark Sutherland By a Statement of Findings dated 2 April 2019, the Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal (“BDT”) found five complaints of misconduct against Mr Mark Richard Charlton Sutherland (“Mr Sutherland”) to have been proved. By Reasons for Sentence dated 18 July 2019 and Further Order dated 19 July 2019, the BDT ordered, inter alia, Mr Sutherland be suspended from practice as a barrister for a total period of 36 months, with effect from 9 August 2019.  Disgusting Hong Kong Barrister Robert Tibbo By a Statement of Findings dated 27 July 2017, the Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal found three (3) complaints of professional misconduct against Mr. Robert John Hugh Tibbo (“Mr Tibbo”) to have been proved.  Further, by Reasons for Sentence on the same date, the Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal ordered, inter alia. that Mr Tibbo be censured, and be advised as to conduct by the Chairman of the Bar Association, or his nominee.  Disgusting Hong Kong Barrister Valer

Denis Chang's Chambers Barrister Paul Harris SC Escaped From Hong Kong During The On-Going National Security Law Investigations Against Him - 1 March 2022

Denis Chang's Chambers Barrister Paul Harris SC Escaped From Hong Kong During The On-Going National Security Law Investigations Against Him - 1 March 2022 Hong Kong Bar Association’s former chairman fled the city hours after being questioned by police under a national security law that carries a maximum penality of life imprisonment. Paul Harris boarded a flight to the U.K. via Turkey on Tuesday, according to Wen Wei Po which is owned by Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong. The outlet published a video of the British citizen at the airport ignoring reporters’ questions. Harris confirmed to Reuters that he has left Hong Kong. Police had probed Harris on Tuesday in relation to Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, the non-governmental organization he founded in 1995 before the city’s handover. The veteran human rights lawyer, who is fluent in Cantonese, was branded an “anti-China politician” by Beijing’s liaison office in Hong Kong last April after he criticized the sentencing of some 10

Alexandra Chambers Barrister Hylas Chung Criticized By Judge Maggie Poon As Unprofessional Harmed Others And Did Not Benefit Self - 鍾元富大律師被潘敏琦法官狠批做法不專業損人不利己

Alexandra Chambers Barrister Hylas Chung Criticized By Judge Maggie Poon As Unprofessional Harmed Others And Did Not Benefit Self - 鍾元富大律師被潘敏琦法官狠批做法不專業損人不利己 https://joycekwan20130602.blogspot.com/2014/01/lawyer-hylas-chung-counsel-barrister-unprofessional.html 香港特別行政區 訴 袁郁鈞 (Reported in: [2007] 1 HKLRD 819) HCMA730/2006 (裁判日期:2007年1月23日) https://legalref.judiciary.hk/lrs/common/search/search_result_detail_frame.jsp?DIS=55815&QS=%2B&TP=JU 「上訴人的大律師鍾元富大律師 (Barrister Hylas Chung) 本身對刑事審訊接納證據的基本法則一知半解,胡亂指控聆訊時代表上訴人的大律師不稱職,不切實際地提昇上訴人對成功上訴的期望、做法不專業,損人不利己 (Unprofessional, Harmed Others And Did Not Benefit Self),絕對不值得鼓勵或仿效 (Utterly Should Never Be Encouraged Or Imitated。」 - 高等法院原訟法庭暫委法官潘敏琦 (Deputy High Court Judge Maggie Poon)

Paul Harris SC of Denis Chang’s Chambers Suspected of Having Acted in Breach of Chinese National Security Laws - Cautioned Statement Taken by Hong Kong Police on 1 March 2022

Paul Harris SC of Denis Chang’s Chambers Suspected of Having Acted in Breach of Chinese National Security Laws - Cautioned Statement Taken by Hong Kong Police on 1 March 2022 香港文匯報記者齊正之、張得民報道:昨晚(3月1日)7時半左右 ,香港文匯報記者發現夏博義現身香港機場,只見他帶備大量行李, 懷疑是早有準備。 在開始機場辦理登機手續前,他似乎因證件資料問題難以完成登機手 續,之後,他再轉往機場服務櫃台與服務人員理論。據了解,夏博義 是乘搭土耳其航空深夜11點的航機離港飛赴土耳其,再轉往英國。 至晚上9時許,兩名疑似其家庭成員走進他身旁,據悉,女的是夏的 華藉太太,男的則是他兒子。至9時半左右,夏博義再次排隊辦理登 機手續,在10時左右登機手續完成後,他與家人急步前往機場禁區 準備出境。 香港文匯報記者上前追問他,為何走得那麼匆忙?是否怕香港警方拘 捕他?是否擔心香港國安法?但夏博義均未回答,並急步衝進機場禁 區。 當日上午11時,夏博義曾前往灣仔警察總部,據了解,夏博義涉嫌 違反香港國安法被警方國安處警誡會面,會面中被要求交代涉嫌違反 國家安全的行為等。 https://www.wenweipo.com/a/202203/02/AP621e43b5e4b036dce998c877.html 據了解,香港大律師公會前主席夏博義被警方國安處警誡會面,他沒有被捕,已離開警署。據知他被要求交代涉及違反《港區國安法》的行為。消息指,案件與夏博義創立的民間團體「香港人權監察」有關。就今次事件,警方發言人回覆東網指,警方採取任何行動,會按實際情況,依法處理,不會就個別情況作出評論。 今早(1日)約11時,夏博義到達灣仔警察總部,同行者還有2名西裝男子。約2個半小時後,夏博義一行人離開,據悉他當時面露憔悴,低頭急步離去。 https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20220301/mobile/bkn-20220301155820544-0301_00822_001.html 消息指前任大律師公會主席夏博義(Paul Harris),涉嫌違反國安法,被警方國安處要求協助調查。今早(