Members of Plowman Chambers act for the Securities and Futures Commission in proceedings against Sir Dickson Poon and others for market misconduct involving insider dealing and breach of disclosure
On 31 July 2026, the Market Misconduct Tribunal (MMT) found Sir Dickson Poon, founder and former Group Executive Chairman of Dickson Concepts (International) Limited, and his investment vehicle, Equity Advantage Limited, culpable of insider dealing in the shares of Dickson Concepts while in possession of price‑sensitive information relating to PayPal’s US$4 billion acquisition of Honey Science Corporation. The acquisition was expected to, and ultimately did, generate signific
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Priscilia Lam SC and Ferrida Chan secured a ruling of no case to answer and acquittal of a charge of murder for D7 with costs awarded in HCCC 120/2024
In HKSAR v Lai Ka Po (D7) (HCCC 120/2024), a High Court trial involving 13 defendants facing a charge of murder, Priscilia Lam SC and Ferrida Chan represented D7. At the close of the prosecution’s case, after hearing submissions from the defence, the learned judge found that (1) there is no direct or indirect evidence of causation of death, and the circumstantial evidence is insufficient and lacking and cannot reach the inference contended for by the prosecution; (2) there is
Jul 21
Tony Ko featured in the Department of Justice’s publication, “Hong Kong Professional Services Supporting Mainland Enterprises Going Global – Success Stories”
Two of Tony Ko’s international investment dispute cases have been featured in the Department of Justice’s publication, “Hong Kong Professional Services Supporting Mainland Enterprises Going Global – Success Stories (Second Edition)”, under the legal services chapter. These cases are also published on the Hong Kong Professional Services GoGlobal Platform. In Success Case 101, Tony acted as arbitrator in a dispute arising from a cross-border investment agreement involving RMB 5
Jul 10
Vinci Lam SC and Ferrida Chan secured an acquittal in a case of passing counterfeit notes in the District Court
In HKSAR v. Chen Beibei (DCCC 166/2025), Vinci Lam SC and Ferrida Chan represented a defendant accused of passing 24 counterfeit US$100 banknotes to a bank teller, allegedly knowing or believing them to be counterfeit currency. The defence case was that she did not know they were counterfeit notes as they were passed to her by her father whom she trusted yet she stated in her cautioned interviews that she herself changed them because the police told her not to mention her fat
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