Criminal

HKSAR v HUI Mei Ying (許美瑩) & Anor ESCC 637/2024 (led by Mr. Derek Chan S.C. and with Ms. Natalie Yeung) – secured acquittal for the 1st Defendant, a former Executive Director of the Insurance Authority, after trial on charges of misconduct in public office and conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office arising from her relative’s job application to an IA-regulated insurer.

HKSAR v LUK Chun Chung (陸振中) [2025] HKDC 682 (with Mr. Francis Cheng) – acted for the Defendant, a Police Superintendent and former Sha Tau Kok Divisional Commander, who faced seven criminal charges, namely three counts of indecent assault, one count of dangerous driving, one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, one count of common assault, and one count of wounding with intent. Following trial, the Defendant was convicted only of dangerous driving and assault occasioning actual bodily harm (the Judge having substituted the wounding with intent charge with the lesser offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm), and acquitted on the remaining charges. The Defendant received a total sentence of 240 hours’ Community Service Order.

HKSAR v NG Hoi Ying & Ors [2025] HKDC 856 (led by Mr. Derek Chan S.C. and with Mr. Brian Chau) – secured acquittal for the 1st and 2nd Defendants after trial on charges of conspiracy to defraud and an alternative count of fraud. The case arose from allegations that the Defendants, as employees of a stage engineering contractor, had submitted false stage equipment weight data to the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in connection with the MIRROR concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, where a suspended screen collapsed on stage.

HKSAR v LEUNG Wing Hei (梁永熹) [2021] HKDC 9 (led by Mr. Derek Chan S.C. and with Mr. Clement Au) – secured acquittal for the Defendant after trial in Hong Kong’s first cryptocurrency-related criminal prosecution. The Defendant faced charges of fraud and dealing with proceeds of an indictable offence involving approximately 1,000 Bitcoin. This case involved detailed disputes over technical and computer forensic evidence, including the operation of cryptocurrency wallets, the mechanics of Initial Coin Offerings, the development of altcoins, and the authenticity of mobile instant messages.

HKSAR v CHEN Boliang HCCC 50/2024 (assisted Mr. Marco Kwok Wai Li) – assisted the prosecution in a jury trial of a former senior manager of a cryptocurrency exchange, who faced multiple counts of accessing a computer with criminal or dishonest intent and dealing with proceeds of an indictable offence. The allegations involved unauthorised access to the exchange’s systems and dealing with approximately 4,999,995 USDT tokens.

HKSAR v CHENG Wing Kin (鄭永健) (2020) 23 HKCFAR 83, [2020] HKCFA 3 (led by Mr. Derek Chan S.C.) – acted as amicus curiae to assist the Court of Final Appeal in the proper interpretation of the word “corruptly” in s.7(1) of the Election (Corrupt and Illegal) Conduct Ordinance, Cap. 554.

HKSAR v LUNG Siu Chuen (龍少泉) FAMC 21/2023 and [2023] HKCA 516 (led by Mr. David Leung S.C. and with Mr. Osmond Lam) – acted for the Appellant in an appeal concerning whether his conviction for fraud was founded on a basis materially different from that advanced by the prosecution, and if so, whether that departure occasioned prejudice or disadvantage such as to deprive him of a fair trial.

HKSAR v ZEN Joseph (陳日君) & Ors HCMA 446/2022 (with Mr. Osmond Lam and Mr. Ernest Ng) – acted for the 5th Appellant in the appeal against conviction for failing to register the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund as a “society” under the Societies Ordinance, Cap. 151. The appeal primarily concerned the constitutionality of the relevant provisions in the Ordinance, as well as the proper interpretation of key terms in those provisions, including the meanings of “association of persons” and the scope of registration requirements.

HKSAR v WONG Ka Ho & Ors [2024] HKDC 206 (with Mr. Jon Wong) – acted for the 11th Defendant who was charged with participating in a riot and entering or remaining in precincts of Chamber in the Legislative Council Complex.

HKSAR v LEUNG Yat Hei & Ors DCCC 113 & 116/2021 (with Mr. Timmy Yip) – acted for the prosecution in a case concerning a large-scale riot that occurred in Admiralty, in which twenty-one defendants pleaded guilty and the two remaining defendants were convicted after trial.

HKSAR v GUI Lei [2024] HKDC 154 (with Mr. Osmond Lam) – acted for the Defendant at trial and secured an acquittal on a charge of managing a vice establishment, which was one of several charges before the court. The case also involved a challenge to the admissibility of digital contents of the Defendant’s mobile phone obtained in a warrantless search.

HKSAR v FU Xiaoman ESCC 1951/2023 (as sole advocate) – secured acquittal for the Defendant following trial on one count of managing a vice establishment, the court having rejected the evidence of the undercover police officers as neither credible nor reliable.

HKSAR v NG Ka Chun STCC 1257/2021 (led by Mr. Tony Li S.C.) – acted for the Defendant, a bus enthusiast charged with taking a conveyance without authority, driving without a driving licence, using a vehicle without third-party risks insurance, and dangerous driving. Following representations by the defence on the first day of trial in court, the prosecution withdrew the latter three charges, and the Defendant was sentenced to a probation order upon a guilty plea to the remaining charge.

HKSAR v MOK Wai Kwong KCS 36788/2025 (as sole advocate) – secured acquittal for the Defendant after trial on a charge of careless driving in which the Defendant was alleged to have failed to maintain a safe distance as the driver of the following vehicle, and resulting in a collision with the vehicle in front.

HKSAR v WONG Wai Hong ESS 506294/2020 (as sole advocate) – secured acquittal for the Defendant after trial on a charge of careless driving. The case arose from an incident in which the Defendant was alleged to have emerged from a minor road onto a major road in his private car, causing a collision that resulted in serious injury to a motorcyclist.

Civil/Others

YAN Yu Ying v LEUNG Wing Hei [2022] 3 HKLRD 270, [2022] HKCFI 1660 (led by Mr. Bernard Man S.C. and with Mr. Jonathan Ng) – acted for the Defendant in successfully resisting a Mareva injunction, while an interim-interim proprietary injunction over approximately 1,000 Bitcoin was granted; the case concerned the appropriateness of various forms of injunctive relief over disputed cryptocurrency assets.

YIU Lai Hung v AU Yim Ping DCCJ 6787/2020 – acted for the Plaintiff in a claim to recover funds involving an alleged fraudulent cryptocurrency pyramid investment scheme.

Prior Securities Limited v HO Cheuk Ting Cindy & Ors HCA 473/2022 – provided advice to the Plaintiff on the merits of its claims against nine defendants in respect of HK$31 million stolen via fraudulent e‑banking remittances and subsequently converted into cryptocurrency; including the viability of tracing proprietary claims through multiple tiers of accounts, the applicability of the bona fide purchaser defence, and the prospects of default and summary judgment applications.

LI Tim Kam v The Commissioner of Customs and Excise & Anor [2021] HKCFI 2965 (with Mr. Osmond Lam) – acted for the Applicant in judicial review proceedings challenging the Commissioner’s decisions on the automatic forfeiture of goods under the Import and Export Ordinance, Cap. 60. The case centred on the application of the de minimis principle to the timing and validity of the notice of claim, as well as the Commissioner’s exercise of discretion in forfeiture matters.

SWNY v SYC FCMC 144/2025 – acted for the Applicant in ancillary relief proceedings concerning assets of over HK$100 million, involving disputes on financial assistance from family members, the husband’s income and earning capacity, financial disclosure and adverse inferences.