 Admission
Criteria for Ad Hoc Admission
Notwithstanding that
a person does not satisfy all the requirements
for general admission, where the Court
considers that he is fit and proper person
to be a barrister and is satisfied that
he has:
(a) the qualification
acquired outside Hong Kong to engage in
work that would, if undertaken in Hong
Kong, be similar to that undertaken by
a barrister in the course of ordinary
practice as a barrister in the High Court
or Court of Final Appeal; and
(b) substantial experience
in advocacy in a court,
the Court may admit such person as a barrister
for the purpose of any particular case
or cases and may impose such restrictions
and conditions on him as it may see fit.
section
27(4) of the Ordinance
For the purpose of an
application under section 27(4) of the
Ordinance, the Revised
Practice Guidelines for Admission of Overseas
Counsel (Bar Circular No. 134 of 1999,
20 December 1999) shall apply and
must be duly complied with.
Forms
 2007
Membership Form and 2007 Membership Renewal
Form
 Application
by a Barrister for a Particular Purpose
- Form 1B
Practice Guidelines for Admission of
Overseas Counsel
1. These guidelines and
the attached Checklist are designed:
| (1) |
to assist solicitors
and overseas Counsel applicants with
applications for ad hoc admission
to appear in the Hong Kong Courts; |
| (2) |
to facilitate consistency
in applications and therefore consistent
consideration of them by the Bar;
and |
| (3) |
to set out the Bar's
analysis of and application of the
current guidelines laid down by the
Chief Judge in the recent decisions
of In Re Flesch and In Re
Kosmin. |
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