Disciplinary proceedings will be taken against a barrister whose allegedly drunken behaviour forced a halt to a sentencing hearing in August, after the Bar Council recommended that charges be laid.
The council has completed its investigation into the conduct of Roderick Murray both inside and outside court on August 9.
It has recommended that charges be drawn up and the matter referred to the Bar Disciplinary Tribunal.
Bar Council chairman Edward Chan King-sang said there had been some discussion as to the exact wording of the charges and how many charges Mr Murray will face.
'The exact wording I can't tell you, but it's not really the number of charges, it's more a matter of their severity - if he's going to be suspended, you can't suspend him three times.'
Mr Murray, originally from Scotland, was acting as prosecutor in a cigarette smuggling case before Judge Chua Fi-lan when he is alleged to have disrupted proceedings by giggling, laughing, muttering to himself and donning sunglasses as the sentences of seven people were being handed down.
At one point Judge Chua was forced to suspend proceedings to allow Mr Murray to compose himself.