LawSo receives 16 misconduct complaints over 612 fund
The Law Society on Saturday said it has received 16 complaints about suspected personal misconduct by lawyers linked to a now-defunct fund that supported people arrested over the 2019 protests.  Speaking at a press conference, the society's president Chan Chak-ming said six of the cases are still under investigation, and 10 have been completed.  "Now we have entered a review process. Among the 10 completed cases, there are some unsubstantiated cases and some substantiated cases. Substantiated cases will be subject to varying degrees of punishment. In the most serious cases, we may need to refer them to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel," he said. "We have noticed that the Bar Association also held a press conference yesterday to report on the results of their investigation. Our two organisations are two different professional groups, and our investigations are not the same."  On Friday, the Bar Association announced that 38 barristers accused of wrongly accepting payments from the 612 Humanitarian Relief fund have been cleared of wrongdoing following an investigation. Meanwhile, the society has released a position paper on the impact of artificial intelligence, saying that AI can help lawyers with paperwork but may replace certain jobs.