A prominent human rights lawyer in Hong Kong has lost his seat on the Law Society’s governing council, while a former president has won re-election in the latest reshuffle at the city’s biggest solicitor body.

The defeat of Mark Daly on Tuesday means there will be one fewer outspoken liberal on a council that has in recent years been divided largely by solicitors who focus on the sector’s development and those who share the human rights lawyer’s views.

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