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1. Bar chairman defends lawyers' right to pre-court drink

   Posted Aug 13th 2004, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Bar Bar Association Murray Bar Association Quotation Person Career Benjamin Wong The chairman of the Bar Association last night defended the right ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/466443/bar-chairman-defends-lawyers-right-pre-court-drink
2. Juniors may get chance to work in free legal service

   Posted Feb 15th 2008, 12:00am by Polly Hui

   ... Yuen said. 'The hard fact is that we have many people at the junior end of the Bar. The Bar Association can only try our best to improve the working environment. We cannot force solicitors ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/626290/juniors-may-get-chance-work-free-legal-service
3. News - Hong Kong - HUMAN RIGHTS

   Legal experts call for unified screening of foreigners seeking sanctuary in HK

   Posted Feb 19th 2013, 12:00am by JOANNA CHIU

   ... News Hong Kong Human Rights Law Society Bar Association Joanna Chiu joanna.chiu@scmp.com Legal experts say unified scheme to screen applicants should replace piecemeal approach The Law Society and the Bar Association have lambasted Hong Kong's system of using three different tests to screen foreigners seeking sanctuary, saying a unified approach would work better. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1153371/legal-experts-call-unified-screening-foreigners-seeking-sanctuary-hk
4. News - Hong Kong - LAW

   Volunteer lawyer scheme shunned by legal bodies

   Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by PATSY AND STUART

   ... Wan-shun said the government should instead further relax the means test for legal aid. The Bar Association said it maintained its stance, expressed in a paper submitted to the Legislative Council ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1149609/volunteer-lawyer-scheme-shunned-legal-bodies
5. Comment - Insight & Opinion

   Top lawyer fears guilt by association

   Posted Jan 30th 2013, 12:00am by Alex Lo

   ... of the Bar Association? The new Bar Association chairman, Paul Shieh Wing-tai, makes it clear he has no wish to join the advisory body, unlike his predecessor Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung and current Law ... are ALL really so “white”? - Is yours the only way to “justice”? - What do you mean by justice? new --> magafun Jan 30th 2013 11:04am Being head of the Bar, he cannot join CPPCC, or the CCP, ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1138843/top-lawyer-fears-guilt-association
6. News - Hong Kong - LAW

   Bar Association chairman vows not to accept CPPCC dual role

   Posted Jan 29th 2013, 12:00am by STAFF

   ... News Hong Kong Paul Shieh Wing-tai Bar Association CPPCC Patsy Moy and Thomas Chan Bar Association chairman vows not to accept dual role on mainland's political advisory body The new chief of the Bar Association says he will not accept any appointment to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference during his chairmanship - unlike his predecessor and current ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1138165/bar-association-chairman-vows-not-accept-cppcc-dual-role
7. News - Hong Kong - LAW

   Barristers brace for competition in High Court

   Posted Jan 29th 2013, 12:00am by PATSY MOY AND THOMAS CHAN

   ... News Hong Kong Paul Shieh Wing-tai Bar Association Law Patsy Moy and Thomas Chan As high courts open to solicitors it may be time for further education, says Bar Association chief Hong Kong's barristers are bracing for a more competitive legal sector in which many solicitors will have the right to take cases to the High Court, the new leader of the Bar Association says. Paul ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1138178/barristers-brace-competition-high-court
8. Lifestyle - Food & Wine

   Real ale, prohibition cocktails among wealth of new Beijing drinking options

   Posted Feb 14th 2013, 12:00am by Mark Graham

   ... drinking and dining options. The grim winter weather and the perpetual thick smog have not dampened the spirits of the capital's nightlife lovers, who have embraced the recently opened bars ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/food-wine/article/1149437/real-ale-prohibition-cocktails-among-wealth-new-beijing-drinking
9. Corrections & clarifications

   Posted Jan 02nd 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... He must still be formally elected at the association's AGM on January 15. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/665570/corrections-clarifications
10. Legal eagles make strong case for state counsel role

    Posted Jun 10th 2006, 12:00am by Robert Hanson

    ... Chan, who was called to the bar in 2000, said the autonomy of the profession was one of the strong attractions, apart from the prospect of high financial rewards. 'You are your own boss ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/552120/legal-eagles-make-strong-case-state-counsel-role

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