I'm not bipolar, says ex-Sun Hung Kai chief in stand against 'offensive report'

Ousted Sun Hung Kai Properties chairman Walter Kwok Ping-sheung has pressed his demand in court for the Law Society to act on the case of a solicitor who allegedly said in 2008 that the tycoon made decisions detrimental to the company.

Kwok said William Kwan Cheuk-yin, a non-executive director of SHKP, had told board members that when he behaved "totally out of character", he would make decisions that "could do harm" to SHKP, the High Court heard.

The allegation was offensive and baseless, Kwok said.

He earlier filed a complaint of misconduct with the society against Kwan, who is a partner of law firm Woo Kwan Lee & Lo, but the society decided not to arrange immediately for a disciplinary hearing. Kwok launched a judicial review yesterday of the society's decision.

Kwan allegedly made the remarks in November 2008, about a year after Kwok fell out with his younger brothers, Thomas Kwok Ping-kwong and Raymond Kwok Ping-luen, and six months after Walter Kwok was replaced as chairman of the property giant.

In a court submission, Walter Kwok said he met Kwan in the 1970s. The two built up a cordial and trusting relationship, and he recommended that Kwan join the SHKP board of directors as a non-executive director.

Walter Kwok said that in January 2008, his brothers and the board resolved to set up a committee to review the role and power of the executive committee and chairman, without consulting him. He was ousted a few months later.