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Partner in Hong Kong law firm issues legal challenge against regulator’s decision to shut his practice down
A partner at the major Hong Kong conveyancing firm shut down by the Law Society last month has hit back at the professional body’s intervention, calling it irrational, “oppressive and disproportionate” in an application for judicial review.Ng Wing-hung, of Wong, Fung & Co, on Wednesday took legal action to challenge the society’s decision on December 23 to intervene in his firm’s practice, and later ignore proposals that would have allowed his clients to complete their conveyancing transactions…