Question 3 (15 marks)

Mr Wong was one of the partners of a local law firm, namely Wong, Lee & Chan. A few months ago, while carrying out his duty as a partner, Mr Wong was introduced to Tom, a manager of NanoLife Insurance Ltd (NanoLife), which is a client of the firm. Occasionally Mr Wong was invited by Tom to hold seminars for NanoLifes staff training programme. In one of the seminars, Mr Wong met Jack who was the head of the legal department in NanoLife. Jack and Mr Wong found out that they graduated from the same school of law and soon became good friends. Later Mr Wong resigned from Wong, Lee & Chan and set up his own practice. NanoLife became one of the main clients of Mr Wongs new law firm.

Required:

(a) Explain whether Mr Wong breached his duty as a partner of Wong, Lee & Chan and discuss the consequence of the breach, if any. (9 marks)

(b) Apart from the duty of a partner mentioned in 3(a) above, explain other duties of a partner under the common law. (6 marks)