https://www.scmp.com/rss/525379/feed Bernard Man SC is the current chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association's Committee on Land, Trust and Probate. He is also a civil litigator. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Bernard Man Bernard Man A major feature of Hong Kong’s legal profession is the division between barristers and solicitors. Barristers specialise in court work and legal advice relating to litigation, and can generally only be engaged through a solicitor. Solicitors provide a broader range of legal services, covering both contentious and non-contentious matters. Some solicitors also focus on courtroom advocacy and are accredited as solicitor-advocates. The “split” profession is not common to all legal systems. In fact,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348692/split-legal-profession-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3348692/split-legal-profession-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:30:16 +0000 Bernard Man Bernard Man One of the rewarding aspects about practice at the Hong Kong Bar is that one gets to learn many new things. Conducting litigation well involves delving deep into the relevant facts. We therefore get to learn about different industries and different trust or corporate structures all the time. By the same token, doing divorce cases often requires us to study the background to a divorce, and how a family has conducted itself in the lead-up to the breakdown of a marriage. There is some truth in... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3343181/how-hong-kong-law-deals-complicated-matter-divorce?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3343181/how-hong-kong-law-deals-complicated-matter-divorce?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 01:30:13 +0000