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In Chan Shu Lam v Chan Chau Wah [2026] HKCA 609, the Court of Appeal (Hon Poon CJHC and Keith Yeung J) refused the Plaintiff’s renewed application for leave to appeal against a costs order made after a probate trial. The trial involved two main issues: the Probate Issue - whether the Will was valid; and the Beneficial Ownership Issue - whether the Defendant had a beneficial interest in the deceased’s property. At trial, the Plaintiff succeeded on the probate issue and the D

The Respondent was convicted after trial of two counts of committing an act of gross indecency towards a child under the age of 16 and two counts of inciting a child under the age of 16 to commit an act of gross indecency towards him, contrary to s.146 of the Crimes Ordinance (Cap. 200) (the “ Gross Indecency Offence ”). Priscilia Lam SC represented him before the Court of Appeal (in [2025] HKCA 598) and successfully argued that the indecent conduct complained of must be done

In Luen Shing Steel Iron Engineering Works Ltd v Man Yip Kau and Lui Tsz Kau [2026] HKCFI 1259, the Court upheld the existence of a long‑running oral joint venture and ordered an account of all the income and profits of the joint venture. The Defendants’ case was that they had entered into an oral joint venture agreement to bid for and carry out steel works in all of Luen Shing’s construction sites, using the company as the vehicle and sharing profits and losses equally. T

In HKSAR v. Chuang Yun Lien (DCCC 153/2025), Ms Ferrida Chan represented a defendant charged with dealing with funds totalling USD 27,447,737.08 through a bank account. The Court accepted the defence’s submissions that, although the documents produced by the defendant did not correspond to every individual transaction in the account, they were nonetheless, taken as a whole, capable of supporting a business background that was plausibly true. The Court also accepted the submi

Priscilia Lam SC represented Chan Tsz-Wah ("Wayland") in HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying and Ors [2026] HKCFI 854 (the 1 st Defendant in HCCC 147/2021) for mitigation. He pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit collusion with a foreign country or with external elements to endanger national security, contrary to Article 29(4) of the NSL and sections 159A and 159C of the Crimes Ordinance, Cap.200 (“Count 3”). The Court accepted Priscilia Lam SC’s submissions that different

Martin Hui SC and Ferrida Chan represented the Property Management Services Authority (PMSA) as Presenters in the disciplinary proceedings against Kong Shum Smart Management Services Limited arising from the major power outage incident at I-Feng Mansions, To Kwa Wan, in July 2025. The Disciplinary Committee of the PMSA found Kong Shum to have committed professional misconduct or negligence under the Property Management Services Ordinance (Cap. 626) and imposed disciplinary sa

The Appellant, a renowned photographer, was charged with and convicted of a charge of indecent assault at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court. The appeal grounds were as follows: (1) the Magistrate erred in allowing the Prosecution to cross-examine the Appellant based on matters which infringed his right to silence; (2) the Magistrate erred in assessing the credibility and reliability of prosecution witnesses; and (3) the Magistrate erred in law by taking judicial notice of photos

In Hong Kong’s first prosecution brought under the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance (Cap 575) - otherwise known as the“Dragon Slayers”(屠龍小隊) case ( HKSAR v Lee Ka Tin, Christian (D4) and others HCCC 164/2022 & HCCC 255/2023), Priscilia Lam (as Priscilia Lam SC then was) and Ching Him Ho successfully secured unanimous acquittals for D4, who was charged with (1) conspiracy to commit bombing of prescribed objects, (2) conspiracy to cause explosion, (3) co

In HKSAR v Wu Kwan Shing HCCC 67/2023, Priscilia Lam SC and Ching Him Ho secured an acquittal for the Defendant who was charged with rape. The prosecution alleged that the Defendant raped a domestic helper in a hotel room in Causeway Bay. The prosecution relied on admissions allegedly made by the Defendant upon his arrest that he knew she was unwilling to have sex and expressed regret for his actions. The Defendant challenged, amongst others, that the alleged admissions

Tony Ko acted for the successful defendants in YS International Property Development Ltd v Wellfirm Holdings Ltd and Law Sau Fai Francis [2025] HKCFI 2754, concerning an alleged oral agreement to pay over HK$20 million in commission fees following the HK$2.1 billion sale of the building known as 299QRC. After a full trial, the Court held in favour of the Defendants, finding no binding agreement to pay commission and preferring the Defendants’ evidence over the Plaintiff’s cla