22 NOV 2018 Top 10 Headlines | ELIZABETH BEATTIE Following the Hong Kong Law Society’s proposed restrictions on foreign lawyers, concerns have been raised about what this could mean for the city’s global reputation as a legal hub.
Under the rules proposed by the Law Society, lawyers who gained their qualifications outside of Hong Kong would only be allowed to offer legal advice only in cases that involved the jurisdictions they were registered in. Hong Kong law firms would also have to employ two local lawyers for one foreign lawyer, up from a ratio of one-to-one.
Since the story broke, it has been widely reported on internationally and across the local media.
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