其中我重點提及執法機構如何將責任推卸到我們身上，例如在反洗錢行動上，法律界現時要負責在商業交易中，有非法資金交易的可疑客戶知會警方。我們必須本着良心而不超越底線的情況下，遠離被指控與客戶在其非法商業活動中串謀詐騙的危險。
Path to the Legal Professional
I spoke at this session on the topic of “the Path to the Legal Professional” and other panel speakers included those from England, Japan, Thailand, SriLanka and Korea. Basically, we were to introduce the pre and post admission requirements for being a lawyer in our respective jurisdictions. In addition to providing some statistical figures and an overview of our legal profession in Hong Kong, I also raised the concern of the inadequacy of the law enforcement agencies in catching criminals.
In particular I stressed the point on how they have shifted the burden on to us, such as in the anti money laundering exercise, the legal profession now has to bear the responsibility in tipping off the police about suspicious illegal funding of clients in commercial transactions. We must be conscientious on our part to not step beyond the line as to expose ourselves to the danger of being sued for conspiracy to defraud with clients who are involved in illegal commercial activities.
Panel speakers
