Tribunal wrong to clear ex-lawmaker Margaret Ng of misconduct, court told

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The Hong Kong Bar Association has asked a court to overturn a disciplinary tribunal’s decision clearing former lawmaker and barrister Margaret Ng of professional misconduct. The case concerns her conviction for participating in an unlawful assembly in 2019 and the tribunal’s assessment of its implications for the legal profession.

A disciplinary tribunal erred in its decision to clear barrister and former Hong Kong opposition lawmaker Margaret Ng Ngoi-yee of professional misconduct over her conviction for taking part in an unlawful assembly in 2019, a court was told on Monday. The Hong Kong Bar Association, the professional body for the city’s barristers, sought a court ruling to revoke the decision, arguing that the panel had overlooked “the likelihood of Ng’s action bringing the legal profession into...