A law firm in Hong Kong has been shut down by the Law Society under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, pending a police investigation. Photo: EPA-EFE A law firm in Hong Kong has been shut down by the Law Society under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, pending a police investigation. Photo: EPA-EFE
A law firm in Hong Kong has been shut down by the Law Society under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, pending a police investigation. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Up to 10,000 clients affected as Hong Kong Law Society shuts down major conveyancing firm over siphoning of funds

  • Professional body says former clerk of Wong, Fung & Co had misappropriated unspecified sums of money from clients
  • Other grievous breaches include overdrawing money from client accounts and allowing unqualified staff to sign off documents

Topic |   Law
Chris Lau
Chris Lau

Updated: 10:42pm, 24 Dec, 2020

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A law firm in Hong Kong has been shut down by the Law Society under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, pending a police investigation. Photo: EPA-EFE A law firm in Hong Kong has been shut down by the Law Society under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, pending a police investigation. Photo: EPA-EFE
A law firm in Hong Kong has been shut down by the Law Society under the Legal Practitioners Ordinance, pending a police investigation. Photo: EPA-EFE
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