The Bar Association will be re-elected in January next year. There has been news from the legal profession that Senior Counsel Du Gankun, who specializes in commercial and civil litigation, intends to compete for the post of chairman of the Association, while Senior Counsel Chen Zhenglong and Mao Leli are considering running for vice chairman.
Tang Jiahua, the former chairman of the Bar Association, said that he and Du Gankun have known each other for many years and belong to the same big law firm. Du is also the teacher of his son. He described Du as steady and gentle, and he felt politically neutral.
The current chairman, Paul Harris, earlier indicated through the media that he would not compete for re-election. Recently, there has been news from the legal profession that Senior Counsel Du Gankun intends to compete for the post of chairman of the association.
Du Gankun was qualified as a barrister in 1999, and became a senior barrister in 2015 by "Sheng Xian". He is now practicing in Temple Chambers and specializing in commercial disputes, arbitration and mediation cases.
He once reviewed the police speed dragon team and riot police officers on duty in 2020 by the Hong Kong Journalists Association and did not display the police number, and represented the government in the 2014 Zhanwang contempt of court case. He also canceled the history examination questions in the Candidate Review and Assessment Bureau this year. The representative examination bureau.
Du Gankun was appointed as the Deputy Judge of the High Court since 2017 and was appointed as the Special Judge in September this year.
Tang Jiahua described Du Gankun as being steady and moderate. He and Du rarely talked about political issues and could not assert his political stance. However, Du Yuren felt neutral and "partially talked less about politics."
He believes that it is a good thing for a person with a less political color to be the chairman of the Bar Association. The relationship with the central government can be repaired in the future. "I'm afraid it looks like Paul Harris (Xia Boyi) has a strong political color." He continued, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau in the future. There are many aspects of the development of the Greater Bay Area. If the ties with the Mainland are severed due to political issues, the development of the legal profession will be harmed.
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