A solicitor is a legal practitioner who traditionally deals with most of the legal matters in some jurisdictions. A person must have legally-defined qualifications, which vary from one jurisdiction to another, to be described as a solicitor and enabled to practise there as such. For example, in England and Wales a solicitor is admitted to practise under the provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974. With some exceptions, practising solicitors must possess a practising certificate. There are many more solicitors than barristers in England; they undertake the general aspects of giving legal advice and conducting legal proceedings.
The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire. "Senior Counsel" is used in current or former Commonwealth countries or jurisdictions that have chosen to change the title "Queen's Counsel" to a name without monarchical connotations, usually related to the British monarch that is no longer head of state, such that reference to the Queen is no longer appropriate. Examples of jurisdictions which have made the change because of the latter reason include Mauritius, Zambia, India, Hong Kong, the Republic of Ireland, South Africa, Kenya, Malawi, Singapore, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. Jurisdictions which have retained the monarch as head of state, but have nonetheles opted for the new title include some states and territories of Australia, as well as Belize.
The Keswick family are a business dynasty of Scottish origin associated with the Far East region since 1855 and in particular the conglomerate Jardine Matheson.
Ts'o Seen Wan, CBE, JP, who styled himself S. W. Tso or S. W. Ts'o, was a distinguished Hong Kong lawyer and educationalist.
Johnson Stokes & Master (JSM) was one of the oldest and largest law firms in Asia before it was combined into Mayer Brown on January 28, 2008 to become Mayer Brown JSM. JSM had offices in Hong Kong, where it was one of the leading law firms, and in Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai on mainland China, as well as in Bangkok, Thailand and Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Before the combination, the firm had a team of 800 staff, including more than 260 lawyers.
According to the firm, JSM was one of the top three foreign law firms in Thailand and Vietnam. On September 1, 2018, the firm changed its name in Asia to Mayer Brown.
Sir Arthur Robinson KCMG was an Australian politician, at different times a member of the upper and lower houses of the Victorian parliament and a federal MP.
Ronald Joseph Arculli, GBM, GBS, CVO, OBE, JP is former chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Non-official Members Convenor of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (Exco) and a senior partner at King & Wood Mallesons. He is a Hong Kong solicitor and a founding partner of the law firm, Arculli, Fong, & Ng, which later merged with King & Wood Mallesons.
William Keswick was a British Conservative politician and businessman, patriarch of the Keswick family, an influential shipping family in Hong Kong associated with Jardine Matheson Holdings.
Hill Dickinson is a British international commercial law firm headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom. With more than 175 partners and 840 staff, the firm operates from five UK offices and four overseas offices.
John Joseph Francis KC was a senior counsel in British Colony of Hong Kong and the first elected member of the Sanitary Board.
The Hong Kong Sanitary Board plebiscite of 1896 took place in June 1896 to decide whether the constitution of the Sanitary Board should have an official or unofficial majority. It was the only plebiscite conducted by the Hong Kong Government on record. The other de facto referendum launched by the pro-democracy camp through the by-election in 2010 was not officially recognised.
The 1915 Sanitary Board Election was held on 22 January 1915 for the 2 unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong.
Sir Michael Joseph Patrick Hogan, CMG, QC, was an Irish lawyer and judge in the British Empire. He served as Chief Justice of Hong Kong for 14 years.
John David Humphreys was an English merchant, chemist and druggist in Hong Kong. He was general manager of the A. S. Watson & Co., Ltd. and member of the Sanitary Board.
Percy Hobson Holyoak was a British businessman in Hong Kong and member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council of Hong Kong.
Augustus Shelton Hooper was a Hong Kong English civil servant, architect, member of the Sanitary Board and Licensing Board, and secretary of the Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co. Limited.
Carlos Henrique de Senna Fernandes Basto, also known as Charles Henrique de Basto, was a Portuguese businessman and member of the Hong Kong Sanitary Board.
Philip Wallace Goldring was an English solicitor in Hong Kong and Shanghai and member of the Sanitary Board.
The 1914 Sanitary Board By-Election was held on 1 May 1914 for the one of the two unofficial seats in the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong. It was a by-election caused by the absence of F. B. L. Bowley from Hong Kong on holiday.
William Chatham was a Scottish-born engineer and government official of Hong Kong. He was the Director of Public Works from 1901 to 1921, as well as member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and Vice-President of the Sanitary Board.
