Past disciplinary findings

Chan In Devin Sio, an unregistered barrister, behaved in a way likely to diminish the trust and confidence which the public places in him or in the profession, and/or which could reasonably be seen by the public to undermine his honesty and/or integrity, when
he carried out conduct in his professional capacity as a barrister in Hong Kong which was later found by the Barristers’ Disciplinary Tribunal of the Hong Kong Bar to amount to professional misconduct, namely:
(1) Between about January and August 2017 failing to act competently in discharging his professional duties when acting as counsel for the plaintiff in a case known as the “157 Action”;
(2) On or about 29 April 2016, attending the residence of a practicing solicitor and holding and/or attended a conference with her on matter(s) in relation to his professional practice without any or any good reason; and/or
(3) Between 21 July 2020 and 30 October 2020 engaging in conduct which was dishonest or otherwise discreditable to a barrister by knowingly furnishing untrue and/or inaccurate information to the Standing Committee on Discipline of the Hong Kong Bar Association; as further particularised in a Statement of Findings of the Hong Kong Barristers Disciplinary Tribunal dated 2 August 2022. The said conduct resulted in three complaints of professional misconduct that were found proved on 2 August 2022, including as to his dishonesty in relation to complaint (3), and for which Mr Sio was suspended for 45 months, censured, fined HK$2500, and ordered to pay costs of HK$406,800.34, on 10 October 2022.

Chan In Devin Sio, an unregistered barrister, failed to report, promptly or at all, to the Bar Standards Board, his regulator in England and Wales:
(1) from 23 March 2020 onwards, that he had been made subject to regulatory action by the Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association in respect of the complaints referred to in Charge 1, and/or
(2) from 30 November 2020 onwards, that disciplinary proceedings were being brought against him following that regulatory action.