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In Szeto Wing Leong v Hong Kong Housing Authority [2026] HKCFI 2033, the Court of First Instance ruled in favour of the Applicant in a judicial review concerning the implementation of the Marking Scheme for Estate Management Enforcement in Public Rental Housing Estates. The case centered on whether the Housing Authority’s actual practice of requiring neighbourhood misdeeds to be “caught red-handed” was inconsistent with the written policies embodied in its own Operation Manu

In HKSAR v Tung Hoi-Yee Kenneth (ESCC 1217/2025), Vinci Lam SC and Kasper Fan represented a defendant charged with assaulting his wife in their former matrimonial home. The defendant elected not to testify in court and the defence case turned solely on the cross-examination of the wife. After a 3-day trial, the Court accepted the defence’s submissions in their entirety. In particular, the Court held that the wife’s testimony was incredible and unreasonable; not only was he

The Appellant was convicted upon his own plea of the following offences: Dangerous Driving, Driving a Vehicle with concentration of specified illicit drug, Resisting a police officer in the due execution of his duty, Trafficking in dangerous drugs, and Possession of apparatus fit and intended for the inhalation of a dangerous drug. The Appellant appealed against his sentence and one of the grounds of appeal was that the 10 years disqualification order was manifestly excessiv

In HKSAR v Chan Chun Man ESCC 1465/2025, Vinci Lam SC and Ching Him Ho secured acquittal for the defendant who was charged with “disclosing personal data without consent” contrary to section 64(3C) of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486), commonly known as “doxxing” offence. The prosecution alleged that the defendant disclosed via a video uploaded on a website the personal data of X (X’s full name in Chinese and English, photo, HKID card number, Home Return Permi

The Appellant was unanimously convicted after trial of one count of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Appellant appealed against his conviction and the appeal was allowed. The case would be remitted for a re-trial. The issue in the appeal was whether the trial Judge had erred in directing the jury in relation to the issue of provocation and diminished responsibility caused by the Appellant’s consumption of ice. The Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the Appella

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