The Hong Kong Bar Association has secured permission to seek a judicial review of a disciplinary tribunal’s decision that a professional-misconduct complaint against barrister Wu Oi-yee was not established. The hearing is scheduled for 9 November 2026. The application does not itself determine whether Wu committed professional misconduct.
The complaint arose after Wu’s conviction in connection with an 18 August 2019 assembly in Victoria Park. Star Headline reported that Wu was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, after the conviction.
The disciplinary tribunal rejected the professional-misconduct complaint in June 2026. Ming Pao reported that the decision was reached by a substantial majority.
The Bar Association’s executive committee brought the judicial-review application. It argues that findings in the assembly case showed professional misconduct because a practising barrister should respect and safeguard the rule of law, according to Ming Pao.
The association alleges that the tribunal made errors by finding that Wu’s criminal conduct was not disgraceful and by treating her political motives as a justification for her conduct. These are arguments made in the judicial-review application, rather than established findings by the High Court.
The association is asking the court either to declare the complaint established and order the tribunal to reprimand Wu, or to send the matter to a different disciplinary tribunal for reconsideration.
High Court judge Au-Yeung Kwai-yue granted permission for the application in writing on 10 September 2026, Ming Pao reported. The judicial-review hearing is due to take place on 9 November 2026.