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.

Barrister LAW LIK-AH was put in jail for obstruction of justice. On his day of release, his good friends TING KA-FU and GEORGE MIKE JR. wait for him outside the prison but they cannot see him after a long time. LIK-AH’s girlfriend WONG SZ-FU is not able to pick him up for she needs to fight for the poor in the court. SZ-FU rushes to LIK-AH’s home after work and they kiss each other passionately in front of everybody. LIK-AH carries SZ-FU to his room but they discover LEUNG PAU-SING sleeping inside. SZ-FU and Auntie KING find a group of neighbors queuing up for Uncle YEUNG’s egg puffs on the street. SZ-FU asks everybody to look for her if they have any legal problems. SZ-FU, KA-FU and GEORGE find LIK-AH doing nothing all day. They question LIK-AH if he still wants to be a barrister. LIK-AH reveals that it is very difficult to get his license back and he prefers to be a legal advisor instead……

In order to help Uncle KOO, LIK-AH returns to the High Court again and other barristers humiliate him. CHIN-SHEUNG invites CHUN-NEI to be his defense counsel and CHUN-NEI predominates over SZ-FU with her eloquent speech. CHUN-NEI even requests SZ-FU’s side to make compensation to CHIN-SHEUNG for he has become impotent after the injury. LIK-AH forgets that he is no longer a barrister and he tries to speak for Uncle KOO but the judge warns him to stop angrily. LIK-AH is very upset and he decides to resume his license. LIK-AH goes to the kennel of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department to visit CHIN-SHEUNG’s wolf dog. LIK-AH and KA-FU persuade CHIN-SHEUNG’s gardener to be their witness. Based on their conversation with the gardener, LIK-AH believes that CHIN-SHEUNG has given special training to the wolf dog before……

CHIN-SHEUNG cries in the court while telling everybody that his wife wants to divorce him because of his impotency. LIK-AH and KA-FU follow him secretly. They discover CHIN-SHEUNG chatting up an attractive masseuse SUM-SUM on the street. LIK-AH tries to check out the background of SUM-SUM from FUNG and the other prostitutes for he wants SUM-SUM to help proving that CHIN-SHEUNG was telling lies. Uncle KOO’s case is finally over and KA-FU invites LIK-AH to watch football match at home. LIK-AH tries to ask for permission from SZ-FU. KA-FU and the others tease him and they think that LIK-AH is not as important as her work in SZ-FU’s mind. With SZ-FU’s help, LING-LEI opens the clinic eventually. SZ-FU asks LING-LEI to help giving body check to prostitutes in the district and LING-LEI agrees immediately. KA-FU encourages SUM-SUM to do the body check and SUM-SUM slaps him on his face……

GEORGE will become a Deputy Judge soon and he tidies up his clothes in his room. LIK-AH and the others play tricks on him. While working as a Deputy Judge, GEORGE meets CHUN-NEI and he is scared away by her imposing manner. LING-LEI and SZ-FU chats in the sidewalk snack booth and the girl SIU-LAI suddenly collapses in front of them. SZ-FU and LING-LEI accompany SIU-LAI home. After a shower, SIU-LAI suddenly vomits and she is sent to the hospital. The doctor says that SIU-LAI is suffering from acute liver failure and SIU-LAI’s mother LAN is very worried. Based on the laboratory report, the cause of SIU-LAI’s illness is the cold medicines that she has been taking because it contains large amounts of mildew. LIK-AH says that they should ask for compensation from the drug factory. CEO of the drug factory CHING-HUNG visits SIU-LAI secretly. When he returns to his car, he stops his wife from giving the drug factory’s medicine to his son……

SZ-FU and LIK-AH quarrel with each other on the case. LING-LEI consoles her and she reveals that she is not living with her husband. The drug factory refuses to increase the compensation to SIU-LAI and LIK-AH finally agrees with SZ-FU to put the case to the court. The drug factory appoints the famous barrister SHING-WONG to be their defense counsel. SHING-WONG hates LIK-AH very much but LIK-AH doesn’t really care. SHING-WONG discovers that his daughter LING-LEI is opening a medical clinic in Sham Shui Po and he goes to visit her angrily. LIK-AH and SZ-FU act intimately on the street. LING-LEI witnesses the scene accidentally and she is devastated. She drives madly and is injured in a car accident. SHING-WONG rushes to the hospital and he requests LIK-AH to talk with him outside the hospital. SHING-WONG reveals all the hardships that LING-LEI has encountered in the past to LIK-AH.

Ten years ago, LIK-AH was fighting against SHING-WONG in a lawsuit. SHING-WONG lured LIK-AH to standby his side with benefits but LIK-AH rejected him. LING-LEI admired LIK-AH's character and they soon became lovers. LIK-AH finally realizes all the hardships that LING-LEI had gone through and he apologizes to her in the hospital. LIK-AH reveals that he now loves SZ-FU and LING-LEI decides to let go. Before the hearing, LIK-AH and SZ-FU discover that CHING-HUNG and his wife have become the witnesses of SHING-WONG's side. SZ-FU performs brilliantly during the hearing and CHING-HUNG finally discloses the truth to everybody. The drug factory loses the lawsuit and will make compensation to all the victims. While KA-FU is helping the victims, BOR-HIM tries to date SZ-FU and LIK-AH overhears the conversation. LIK-AH immediately reveals to everybody that he is SZ-FU's boyfriend.