Friday, May 9, 2008

Bar Benders

Cast:
Tony Cheung (蔣文滔, portrayed byAdam Cheng)- A Senior Counsel whose unscrupulous (but ethical) tactics have drawn much criticism in the past, as well as alienating his family and lovers. However, he managed to rehabilitate his reputation, and reconcile with his family.
Chong Hue Wai (莊曉慧, portrayed by Louisa So)- A Law Clerk at the Legal Aid Department, she is also a volunteer, and she helped Tony Cheung in his transformation into a better person.
Stephanie Cheung (蔣思庭, portrayed by Leila Tong)- Daughter of Tony Cheung. She is a barrister who hated her father's unscrupulous tactics. She tried to get as far away from her father as she can at first, but eventually reconciled with her father after his transformation into a better and more ethical barrister.
Lam Ga Shun (林家信, portrayed by Sammul Chan)- A truck driver who got to know Tony Tseung's daughter,
Sophie So (蘇若菲, portrayed by Anne Heung)- A former lover of Tony Cheung, who eventually cheated on him, and dated Richard Ngai.
Darren Lee (李廣德, portrayed by Power Chan)- An apprentice of Tony Cheung. He later acquired Tony's unscrupulous ways, and became Richard Ngai's counsel after his fallout with Cheung.
Richard Ngai (倪承坤, portrayed by Bill Chan)- A wealthy businessman who hired Tony Tseung as his counsel in the past, but later fell out with him.

The series revolves around a fictional Hong Kong Senior Counsel named Tony Tseung (蔣文滔). Senior Counsel Tseung is well known for winning 31 legal cases in a row, but is also notorious in legal circles for his unsavory (but ethical nonetheless) tactics. He is also notorious for being retained as counsel by unscrupulous businessman Richard Ngai (倪承坤). His focus on his legal career has also alienated family member and anyone romantically involved. His daughter, Stephanie, particularly hates him for not only his modus operand in legal battles (strike a victory on procedural errors, and not on evidence).
All this changed when Tony Tseung was dealt a career blow by Richard Ngai. In an assault case involving Richard Ngai, Ngai went over Tseung, and asked his pupil, Darren Lee, to conspire in a conspiracy to bribe a witness and have him lie in court by professing amnesia. When Tseung protested, Ngai fired Tseung, and cut off much of the businesses that came to Tseung's chamber (law firm). In the process, Tseung lost his girlfriend, Sophie So (蘇若菲), to Richard Ngai. Tseung drowned his sorrows in alcohol, and assaulted a foreigner at a bar. Tseung pled guilty to assault, and was sentenced to community service. That was where he began to rediscover the lost idealism and righteousness of his youth.

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