Survivor's Law
| Survivor's Law (律政新人王) |
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Survivor's Law promo poster
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| Genre | Modern Drama |
| Starring |
Raymond Lam Myolie Wu Sammul Chan Bernice Liu Lok Ying Kwan Ruby Wong |
| Opening theme | "Forget Pain" (忘記傷害) by Raymond Lam |
| Country of origin | Hong Kong |
| Original language(s) | Cantonese |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Tommy Leung |
| Producer(s) | TVB |
| Location(s) | Hong Kong |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVB Jade |
| Picture format | 16:9 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| First shown in | Hong Kong |
| Original release | July 14 – August 15, 2003 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Survivor's Law II |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Survivor's Law (Traditional Chinese: ) is a 25-episode TVB drama broadcast between July 14, 2003 to August 15, 2003. It is the direct prequel to 2007's Survivor's Law II ().
H.K. Firm is a down-and-out law firm looked upon with scorn and derision by the law fraternity. Owner Homer Hong Dingwei (Lok Ying Kwan), a lawyer who had his license removed for offending the judge, has no choice but to recruit fresh law graduates to revamp the firm.
Ben Lok (Raymond Lam) had been sacked by his previous employer because of his unconventional image and attitude. Saddled with his family’s financial burdens, Ben has no other choice but to work at H.K Firm. There, he meets three other young lawyers, all of whom are working for Homer for different reasons.
Vincent Cheuk (Sammul Chan) refuses to be a small fry following a big lawyer around and so joins a small firm to fight his own cases independently.
Zhong Qingling (Myolie Wu), ostrasized at the previous law firm for her passionate and righteous ways, decides to make her career in H.K. Firm instead.
Jessica Chiang (Bernice Liu), she has followed her heart and Vincent into the firm.
Through time and trial, all four become tight friends. Nevertheless, a complicated love rectangle, misunderstandings and ambitions threaten to break their bond…
The series first begin with some realistic and interesting civil cases such as custody battles and divorce settlements, along with one case featuring a severed finger. The four lawyers work brilliantly on these cases and at the same time, grows closer to each other.
A divorce case brings Homer and Jessica's aunt Angela, another well-known lawyer, heads on as the two defend their own genders in an amusing case of banter. It is revealed the two of them used to be together. Homer, however, now has a wife and throughout the show is frequently seen as easily intimidated by Angela.
During a custody battle case, QingLing learns that her mother was not her biological mother. By the time she learned of this, her real mother had died. Furious at being denied the chance to ever meet her real mother, she leaves home and starts living with Jessica instead. Her personal feelings interferes with her case performance, causing her to lose, but the parents were so moved by her words the child was allowed to see both parents.
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