Building

• Advised on a question of interpretation arising out of ss B12.7 of the Code of Practice for Fire Safety in Buildings 2011 (led by Benjamin Yu S.C.).

Building management

• In the matter of appeals under s 44 of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap. 123) by the appellants in Appeal Case Nos. 19-23 (decision dated 26.09.2023). Instructed as sole counsel for the appellants in a preliminary hearing before the Buildings Appeal Tribunal appealing against the Building Authority’s orders for demolition of certain alleged unauthorised building works.
• Advised the manager of a private luxury housing estate on the validity of an owners’ resolution resolving to set up a “special fund” understood within the meaning of Paragraph 4, Schedule 7 of the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).

Companies / Winding Up

• Re Jetlag Limited HCMP 766/2018 (ongoing). Instructed as junior counsel for the applicant in the Companies Court seeking relief under an unfair prejudice petition (with Joyce Leung). Also instructed as junior counsel in the related actions of HCA 834/2020 and HCA 835/2020 (with Joyce Leung).
• Advised the subsidiary company of a global conglomerate on a proposed application to invalidate a winding-up commenced under s 228A of the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaenous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32).
• Re Lee Yang, Shiu Chuen Joyce [2021] HKCFI 2468 (reported in [2021] 4 HKLRD 252 and [2021] 6 HKC 515). Instructed as sole counsel for the applicant in the Court of First Instance, in a case concerning the grant of vesting orders for shares in a company previously held on trust by nominal companies that have been dissolved. The decision is of considerable interest and practical importance in light of its clarification of the law and procedure as regards joining the Secretary for Justice (or Attorney-General in a foreign jurisdiction) as a respondent before property can be properly vested in a beneficiary under s 52(1)(b)(iii) of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29).

Civil fraud

• Zief Incorporated v Tekchandani Ajai Mohan and ors [2021] HKCFI 38 (reported in [2021] 3 HKC 69). Instructed as junior counsel for the plaintiff in a 3-day trial in the Court of First Instance, in a case concerning the restitution of funds mistakenly remitted to a third party recipient as a result of fraud (with Joyce Leung).
• Chow Pui Chu Betty v Ever Bridge Hong Kong International Limited DCCJ 3736/2021. Instructed as sole counsel for the plaintiff in the District Court to obtain summary judgment against a defendant for the return of funds mistakenly remitted to it as a result of fraud.

Commercial disputes

• Goldteam Group Ltd v Qin Hui [2021] HKCFI 2422 (reported in [2021] HKC 708). Instructed as junior counsel for the plaintiff in the Court of First Instance, in a case concerning the recovery of a loan debt of over HK$150 million (led by CY Li S.C.). The decision clarifies a vitally important point of procedural law, namely whether service of a writ within jurisdiction is valid where a defendant, who is not within jurisdiction at the time a writ is delivered, nonetheless acquires knowledge of it at the time and subsequently returns to jurisdiction prior to its expiry.
• To Yuk Fung v Wu Pun Yan [2020] HKCFI 400. Instructed as junior counsel for the defendant in the Court of First Instance concerning an appeal against a master’s decision on costs (led by Paul Lam S.C.).
• Maxim’s Caterers Limited v Max Joy Asia Limited [2024] HKDC 660. Instructed as sole counsel for the plaintiff in a trial concerning the breach of a services contract.

Insurance

• Lo Siu Wa v Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board and anor [2018] HKCFA 3 (reported in (2018) 21 HKCFAR 8 and [2018] 2 HKC 40). Instructed as junior counsel for a major insurance company in the Court of Final Appeal, in a case concerning the breadth of coverage of an insurance agreement understood in the context of the compulsory insurance scheme under Part IV of the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 282) (with Anthony Ismail).

Landlord and tenant

• Re UA Cinemas Circuit Limited HCCW 99/2021. Instructed as sole counsel for the applicant landlord in the Companies Court seeking (1) leave to commence proceedings against the respondent tenant company (formerly a well-known company running a chain of cinemas in Hong Kong) upon its presentation of a winding-up petition and (2) an order for immediate possession of premises.
• Jade Mate Limited v Chickeeduck Retail (Hong Kong) Limited HCA 1344/2020. Instructed as junior counsel for the plaintiff landlord in the Court of First Instance seeking an injunction to remove an unauthorised article from the defendant tenant’s shop premises (led by CY Li S.C.).
• 勤學樂園 對 黎嘉年及另一人 [2024] HKDC 585. Instructed as counsel for the 1^st Defendant in an application to strike out the Plaintiff's claim for want of a reasonable cause of action. Proceedings were conducted in Chinese.

Personal Injuries

• Advised on the quantum of damages to be awarded to a person falling within the “Disaster” category of personal injuries (assisting Alice Mok, S.C.).
• Advised on the prospects of a claim for tort against the person arising out of an incident during the period of social unrest in 2019 (assisting Alice Mok, S.C.).

Probate and administration

• In re the estate of Herman Hendrik Alberts [2019] HKCFI 2900. Instructed as sole counsel for the applicant in the Court of First Instance in a 2-day trial to resist the invalidation of a purported will and to obtain a grant of letters of administration.

Public law / judicial review

• Chao Wei Ting Ronna v Appeal Tribunal (Buildings) (interested party: Building Authority) [2019] HKCFI 2950 (reported in [2020] 1 HKLRD 467). Instructed as junior counsel for the interested parties in the Court of First Instance in a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Tribunal (Buildings) (with Anthony Ismail).
• Building Authority v Appeal Tribunal (Buildings) (interested parties: Freedom Pacific Limited, Wave Treasure Investment Limited) [2018] HKCFI 2761 (reported in [2019] 1 HKLRD 513). Instructed as junior counsel for the interested parties in the Court of First Instance to resist a judicial review of a decision of the Appeal Tribunal (Buildings) (with Anthony Ismail). Also instructed as sole counsel to vary a costs order nisi [2020] HKCFI 1245.
• Leelan Rukesh Marasinghe v Director-General of Civil Aviation [2022] HKCFI 2843. Instructed as junior counsel for the applicant in the Court of First Instance, in an application for leave to apply for judicial review of the Director’s decision to suspend the applicant’s medical certificate thereby rendering him unable to perform his licensed functions as a commercial pilot (led by Robert Whitehead S.C. and Thomas Lee).

Town planning

• Town Planning Board v Town Planning Appeal Board FACV 8/2016 (unrep., 16.02.2017) (reported in (2017)20 HKCFAR 196 and [2017] 2 HKC 372). Instructed as junior counsel for the interested parties in the Court of Final Appeal, in a case concerning whether the Town Planning Board has jurisdiction under s 17 of the Town Planning Ordinance (Cap. 131) to review its own decisions on the fulfilment of conditions imposed when granting planning permission (led by Anthony Neoh S.C. and Anthony Ismail).

Other

• Advised a major U.S. corporation on the consumer protection regime in Hong Kong as well as the interrelationship between representative proceedings brought under RHC O.15, r.12 and the class action regime brought under U.S. law (assisting Ambrose Ho S.C.).