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Hong Kong
Leading Case
partners employeesno conflict no profitaccount of profitscompeting business
Kao Lee & Yip v Koo Hoi Yan Donald
(2009) 12 HKCFAR 830
Key Principle
The CFA held that a solicitor's lien over client files for unpaid fees must yield to the client's fundamental right to conduct litigation; the court will order delivery up of files subject to appropriate protection for the solicitor's lien.
Area of Law
procedure
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