Partner in Hong Kong law firm issues legal challenge against regulator’s decision to shut his practice down
Ng Wing-hung, of conveyancing firm Wong, Fung & Co, insists that client funds now frozen by the Law Society were ‘never in jeopardy’
Many of the firm’s clients have been unable to complete real estate transactions since the society intervened
Hong Kong Law Society unable to offer ‘realistic timeline’ for return of clients’ funds following major firm’s closure
The society says the process will take time, given the sheer volume and disorganised state of the closed firm’s files
Affected clients, meanwhile, have accused the society of ‘indifference’ to their plight, and renewed calls for government intervention