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According to its website, the Hong Kong Bar Association was founded in 1949. [1] However, a newspaper advertisement from March 1948 records the foundation of the association on 12 March 1948 with Mr Eldon Potter KC being elected President, Mr H.D. Sheldon KC being elected chairman and Mr Percy Chen being elected Secretary Treasurer.
The Inter-Pacific Bar Association or IPBA is an international association of business and commercial lawyers, founded in 1991. Its members consist of residents of the Asia-Pacific region, or lawyers with a strong interest in that region. It brings together lawyers from different backgrounds and legal systems and fosters communication and builds ...
The Law Society of Singapore is an organisation which represents all lawyers in Singapore. The Law Society of Singapore is a law society and is analogous to what is called a Bar Association in many countries and should not be confused with the Singapore Academy of Law .
Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Bar associations of Asia" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
The Hungarian Bar Association (Hungarian: Magyar Ügyvedi Kamara) is a public body and the national organization of attorneys, which has an independent administrative apparatus and budget. The regional bar associations are the members of the Hungarian Bar Association. [ 126 ]
The fee for a practising certificate was HK$6,800 and the fee for membership subscription was HK$1,200. The Society had an annual income budget of HK$80.6 million for 2007. [3] In 2017, the Society generated an income of HK$103 million, out of which HK$47 million was raised through annual practising certificate fees.
Hong Kong serves as a global financial and legal centre in Asia. Hong Kong is uniquely situated in Asia under a "One Country, Two Systems" principle and is known for its global trade, finance and business expertise in banking and finance, shipping and maritime, construction, intellectual property and information technology. [55]
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing (bar) to separate the area in which court or legal profession business is done from the viewing area for the general public or students of the law.