Ghetto Justice

A police officer wrongly accuses LAI MUK-GAN of letting his dog foul in public places. LAW LIK-AH, his neighbor who is a barrister, goes up to his help. But because of AH’s unkempt appearance, the police officer refuses to believe that he is a lawyer. AH leaves in no time while getting an emergency call from a social worker, TING KA-FU. A group of tenants is faced with a drastic rent increase. KA-FU reasons with their new landlord. The police officer requests AH to prove his identity as a barrister. GEORGE MIKE JR., who is also a working barrister, arrives in a limousine and explains to the police officer for AH. KA-FU takes the tenants to the Civil Legal Center. They appoint AH to negotiate with their new landlord. WONG SZ-FU appears in court with her assistant CHEUNG CHI-SUM. Renowned barrister TSEUNG PAK-KEI also has a case today. SZ-FU tries her best to let his case be heard first. It is SZ-FU’s wish to join KEI’s law firm……

SUM and SZ-FU chill out at a bar. SUM thinks AH is as outstanding as he was in his prime, yet SZ-FU does not think so. AH is chatting with his neighbors when a woman falls from a building. GAN claims he has killed the woman. HA and GEORGE accompany him to the police station. GAN says when he is giving a statement that he killed SHEUNG CHAU-PING as requested by MA CHEUK YEE-TAK, the wife of his boss. After visiting PING’s younger brother, CHUN-SANG, at his shop, AH and GEROGE conclude that the case is not as simple as it seems. TAK is surrounded by reporters. SZ-FU appears suddenly and reprimands the reporters. TAK is very grateful to her help and decides to hire SZ-FU as her representing lawyer. KAN is being kept in a detention center. AH and GEORGE visit him. AH is puzzled why GAN has to defend TAK. KING quarrels with her neighbors, who are of the view that SZ-FU should not help TAK.

GAN has failed to show up at court as a witness. SZ-FU teases at AH. SZ-FU learns from SANG’s testimony that PING shares a similar background to her. Judged by her facial expression, AH can see that SZ-FU sympathizes with PING. AH, GEORGE and KA-FU are adjusting the Civil Legal Center’s antenna on his roof. CHIK shows up and tells them AUNTIE GAN, GAN’s wife, is recuperating at a private hospital. AH and KA-FU intend to sneak AUNTIE GAN out. Although GEROGE strongly opposes to their idea, he does not tell CHIK their plan. AH manages to sneak AUNTIE GAN out. SZ-FU is not happy that TAK has been hiding AUNTIE GAN from her. On the other hand however, she takes AUNTIE GAN to a public hospital. AUNTIE GAN has woken up. She tells GAN to tell the truth when she visits him.

SZ-FU looks exhausted. SUM, who shares an apartment with her, can tell right away that she is worried about her case. AH pays a visit to PING’s grave with AUNTIE GAN. SANG is already there. AH glimpses MR. MA as he leaves. MR. MA reminds her wife not to reveal her “true self” when he calls on her at the detention center. According to SZ-FU’s private investigator, TAK’s helpers are all afraid of her. SZ-FU and TAK’s assistant, LEE PUI-KWAN, visit TAK together. SZ-FU unveils KWAN’s long kept secret before TAK. MR. MA appears suddenly as SZ-FU and SUM are having breakfast. He drops a hint about how to handle TAK’s case. SZ-FU and SUM have a long talk with KWAN, after which she agrees to testify in court.

SZ-FU’s counterparts are teasing at her as she enters the club. She walks straight to the VIP floor. A waiter wants to stop her, but he gives in as she produces her newly acquired VIP membership card. KEI would like to meet AH. SZ-FU runs errands for him. Their meeting turns out to be an unpleasant one. GEORGE and KA-FU hand out free lunch boxes to street sleepers and other people in need on behalf of Civil Legal Center. TAI NG-TING, who is unemployed, is one of the recipients. TING asks KING if she could give her a job. SZ-FU reminds her mother to be vigilant. GEORGE and SZ-FU see TING outside the court at the same time. She is accused of robbing her former employer. GEORGE volunteers to represent her. TING TOOK-YUEN, a wealthy business in town, goes to the Civil Legal Center to make a donation to KA-FU, who is his son. He files into a fury when he learns that KA-FU is assisting TING’s lawsuit against him.

Still mad at his father, KA-FU drives in top speed to vent his anger. CHIT tells AH and the others why the father and son are at odds with each other. GEORGE asks AH to appear in court for him. AH turns down his request. GEORGE makes many mistakes in court. TING has been on the phone the whole day, telling his husband to take care of their children and his mother when she is in jail. The hearing if heard today. AH calls KA-FU, his witness, to give evidence of how badly YUEN treat his employees. TING is found not guilty. YUEN hits KA-FU as he is leaving the court. His wife, WING-CHAU, has a sharp pain in the chest. With a view to patching up with his father, KA-FU makes him some red peach cakes. To his disappointment, his effort proves futile.

The Civil Legal Centre arranges free shower and haircut for street sleepers. KA-FU and his staff are taking care of the street sleepers when a dirty-looking female street sleeper shows up. KA-FU advises her to take a shower, too, but she turns around immediately. Suspecting that she has mental problem, KA-FU and his colleagues chase after her. TING manages to clam her down. Everybody praises her for her wit. GEORGE even decides to employ her. SZ-FU runs into her school friend HO LEI-CHING. CHING and other sex workers have been arrested. She calls SZ-FU to go to a police station. SZ-FU keeps a distance from CHING after learning that her old friend is a sex worker. CHING and her friend FUNG have a fight with their mainland counterparts on the street. Police Officer FAI searches her. CHING wants to fire a complaint about FAI, but SZ-FU refuses to act as her witness. AH appears.

In fact, CHING and AH know each other. She invites him to her place. He understands she is still fighting for her dream. CHIT and FAI find out about the truth at last as they are patrolling the streets. SZ-FU meets up with CHING. She knows for the first time about her miserable past. CHING goes to a park to try to make peace with other sex workers. It happens that FAI is running after a thief. CHING joins him in the chase. SZ-FU and CHING have a drink and a talk on the seafront. SZ-FU asks CHING about AH. According to CHING, once when AH was tipsy he told him he had killed someone. Car mechanic KO WING-LEUNG calls AH, telling him he is accused of killing his younger sister, YAM YUEN-YUEN. GEORGE is busy with other business, so AH invites TING to act as a law clerk. YAM HO-TIN, LEUNG’s stepfather, has employed SZ-FU to be LEUNG’s defending lawyer. AH and SZ-FU have a dispute over how to defend for LEUNG.