Oscar Ka-To-Lai

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

The respondent, admitted in 1975 and also qualified in Hong Kong, was convicted in Hong Kong of offering an advantage to a public servant (bribery) - originally five counts with a seven-year sentence, reduced on appeal to one count and five years imprisonment. The offence involved offering a bribe to a government official (Principal Crown Counsel/Deputy Director of Prosecutions) to obtain information to assist in the defence of a client. The Tribunal found the allegation substantiated, treated it as a serious offence involving dishonesty, and struck him off the Roll, ordering costs of £1,500. The respondent did not appear; service was achieved via newspaper advertisement.

Duties found breached:

• No taking unfair advantage