Series synopsis
When Rules Turn Loose, also known as 識法代言人 is a drama television series that premiered on TVB Jade on December 7, 2005. It ended on January 4, 2006. It was created by Ga-Ho Lau. It stars Liza Wong Ming-Chuen, Myolie Wu Hang-Yee, Sammul Chan and Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung.
Suen Man-Yee is a highly regarded lawyer in the "legal world". Due to unforeseen circumstances, she is temporarily appointed to be a judge.
Premise
Suen Man-Yee is a highly regarded lawyer in the "legal world". Due to unforeseen circumstances, she is temporarily appointed to be a judge.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Liza Wong Ming-Chuen as Suen Man-Yee
- Myolie Wu Hang-Yee as Shum Yat-Yin
- Sammul Chan as Ching Hok-Kan (Dick)
- Wayne Lai Yiu-Cheung as Hung Ji-Dat (Raymond)
- Marco Ngai Chun-Git as Yuen Sai-Hei (Keith)
- Lau Cheuk-Kei as Shum Yat-Sum (Natalie)
- Ha Yue as Shum Yat-On
- Kate Tsui Tsz-Shan as Ada
Supporting cast
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 21 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 21 | December 7, 2005 | January 4, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 The famous barrister SUEN MAN YEE suddenly quits her job at the court at career submit. YEE wants to pass her experience to her daughters and live a peaceful life with her husband SHUM YAT ON. She sets up a law firm with her mentor YUEN KWOK CHU's son YUEN SAI HEI and works as a solicitor. HO KWAN and YEUNG MEI KING are the old servants at YEE's house and they live together harmoniously. ON is a very knowledgeable and optimistic person. He always plays Q&A games with his eldest daughter YAT SUM, his son-in-law HUNG CHI TAT and his youngest daughter YAT YIN. ON always wins the game. SUM and TAT works as a solicitor while YEE works a legal administrator in YEE’s law firm. YIN’s good friend CHEUNG LAI KEI loves solicitor CHING HOK KAN secretly. KEI treats YIN as her love consultant and always asks her for advice on love affairs…… |
December 7, 2005 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 YEE devotes herself on work wholeheartedly and never get a chance to actualize her travel plan with ON. ON doesn’t complain at all and he always shows his understandings towards YEE. KAN joins YEE’s law firm by chance. YEE appreciates KAN’s passion on work and believes that he will perform brilliantly in the future. CHU visits YEE and plays the Q&A game with ON. ON deliberately loses the game and YEE understands his good intention. While working on a trademark infringement case, KAN has conflicts with HEI while trying to make himself outstanding. YEE mediates between them. CHU is the judge of this trademark infringement case. In order to act impartially, CHU tries to keep a distance from YEE while meeting her. YEE turns down KAN’s idea and KAN is upset about this. KAN shares his troubles with a net friend SIU YUEN CHI. TAT is not ambitious at work at all, which is the opposite of SUM’s career attitude…… |
December 8, 2005 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 KEI is very nervous to learn that KAN is seeing his net friend. She later discovers that KAN’s net friend is actually his half-brother CHENG WAI MING and she feels relieved. KAN brings YIN and KEI to his stepmother’s soup shop and they meet KAN’s younger sister CHENG BIK SHAN there. ON treasures each day of his life and his mood is not affected by the forthcoming heart operation. KAN and HEI have conflicts again while discussing a shoplifting case. HEI dismisses KAN out of anger and YEE persuades KAN to stay. ON’s operation is successful and YEE is relieved. YEE asks KAN to take care of the shoplifting case and she assigns YIN to work as his assistance. KAN and YIN work hard to find related evidence but YEE turns down their idea. YIN is worried about the case and ON helps her to analyze the case. KAN wins the case after taking YEE’s advice. KEI comes to hear the case on her day-off…… |
December 9, 2005 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | December 7, 2005 |
| Last aired | January 4, 2006 |
| Runtime | 45 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday at 21:00:00 |