(a) Instructions from Patent and Trade Mark Agents.
2. The following are the exceptions
authorised by the Bar Council as referred
to in paragraph 50 of the Code of Conduct:
(a) Instructions from the Duty Lawyer Service;
(b) Provision of advisory service at centres of the Duty Lawyer Service;
(c) Provision of services pursuant
to the Scheme for Pro Bono work organised
under the supervision of the Council
(d) Provision of advisory service
to the Medical, Dental and Chiropractors'
Councils (Circular No. 72/96) and
the Veterinary Surgeons Board (Circular
No. 67/97); and other tribunals or
bodies exercising judicial or quasi-judicial
functions as established by statute
(Circular No. 8/99); and the Licensing
Appeals Board;"
(e) Instructions from foreign lawyers (para 170);
(f) Instructions from members of the following recognised professional bodies (addresses updated as of Circular No. 070/03):
(i) Hong Kong Society of Accountants
Address: 4/F, Tower Two,
Lippo Centre,
89 Queensway
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2287 7228
Fax: 2865 6603
(ii) The Hong Kong Institute of Company Secretaries
Address: 3/F, Hong Kong Diamond Exchange
Building
8 Duddell Street
Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2881 6177
Fax: 2881 5050
(Circular No. 084/04)
(iii) The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Address: International Arbitration & Mediation
Centre
12 Bloomsbury Square,
London WC1A 2LP
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7421 7444
Fax: +44 (0)20 7404 4023
(Note: In respect of direct access by members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the Direct Professional Access Rules in Annex 19A shall apply.)
(iv) The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong
Address: 3/F, Chinachem Tower,
34-37 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2810 0438
Fax: 2523 1263
(Note: In respect of direct access by members of The Taxation Institute of Hong Kong, the Direct Professional Access Rules in Annex 19B shall apply.)
(v) The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors
Address: Suite 801, 8/F, Jardine House
1 Connaught Place, Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2526 3679
Fax: 2868 4612
(Note: In respect of direct access
by members of The Hong Kong Institute
of Surveyors, the Direct Professional
Access Rules in Annex 19C shall apply.)
(Circular No. 109/00)
(vi) The Office of the Ombudsman, Hong Kong
Address: 30/F, China Merchants Tower
Shun Tak Centre
168-200 Connaught Road Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: 2629 0533
Fax: 2882 8149
(Circular No. 050/04)
(Note: In respect of direct access by members of The Office of the Ombudsman, Hong Kong, the Direct Professional Access Rules in Annex 19D shall apply.)”
(Circular No. 008/05)
(vii) The Legal Aid Services Council
Address : Room 1601, 16th Floor
Top Glory Tower
262 Gloucester Road
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Telephone: 2838 5378
Fax: 2838 5053
(Note: In respect of direct access
by the Legal Aid Services Council, the
Direct
Professional Access Rules in Annex 19E
shall apply.)
(Circular No. 053/07)
