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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

In the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (the “ Tribunal ”) case of Re Yam Kin Fung, also known as Kevin Yam   (the “ Respondent ”), Priscilia Lam SC, leading Kasper Fan were instructed by the Law Society of Hong Kong as to act as Prosecutors for the Law Society to prove the complaint made against the Respondent. The Law Society’s complaint alleged that the Respondent’s conduct namely, his testimony made at the United States Congress’ Congressional-Executive Committee on China

In HKSAR v. Ho Cheuk-wai   & 7 Others  (HCCC 186/2022), Ronny Leung and Ms Denise Or acted for the 3 rd  Defendant, who was charged with conspiracy to commit bombing of prescribed objects under section 11B of the United Nations (Anti-Terrorism Measures) Ordinance (Cap. 575) (“ UNATMO ”) and, as an alternative charge, conspiracy to cause an explosion. This case was one of the first cases brought under the UNATMO to go to trial. The Defendants were accused of conspiring to comm