Hong Kong Regulations

FOREIGN LAWYERS PRACTICE RULES - SECT 5

Business letters

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A principal of a foreign firm shall ensure that there is stated on all
business letters issued in connection with the firm's practice-

   (a)  the name and address of the firm;

   (b)  the main jurisdiction in the law of which the firm practises, or the
        country of that jurisdiction;

   (c)  the names of all principals of the firm who are ordinarily resident in
        Hong Kong;

   (d)  if the name of any principal not ordinarily resident in Hong Kong is
        stated, a description of the person as non-resident;

   (e)  in respect of each individual whose name appears on the letter, his
        foreign jurisdiction of admission or the country of that jurisdiction,
        except that no such statement is required where the foreign
        jurisdiction of admission of the individual, or the country of that
        jurisdiction, is the same as that stated on the letter for the purpose
        of paragraph (b).

(1A) A principal of a foreign firm shall ensure that if the name or any other
description of the firm is stated in more than one language on any business
letter issued in connection with the firm's practice, each version of the name
or description corresponds to the other version or versions of the name or
description. (L.N. 111 of 2003)

(2) A principal of a foreign firm forming part of an Association shall ensure
that on all business letters issued in connection with the firm's practice-

   (a)  the firm's name is more prominent than the name of any other firm;

   (b)  any reference to another firm in the Association clearly distinguishes
        that firm from any other that is not in the Association; and

   (c)  the firm's address in Hong Kong is more prominent than any other
        address. (Enacted 1994)