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Bernacchi Chambers
Tel: +852 2522 0066
Fax: +852 2845 0851
Address: 1402, Tower 1, Admiralty Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong
© 2019 Bernacchi Chambers. All rights reserved.

Steven Kwan

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1992 (Hong Kong)

Areas of Practice

Commercial & Banking Law
Companies
Confidentiality & Privacy
Conflicts of Law
Contract
Criminal Law
Defamation
Employment
Equity & Trusts
Injunction & Contempt
Mental Health
Probate & Succession
Professional Liability
Property & Land
Public Law & Judicial Review
Regulatory & Disciplinary
Unjust Enrichment

Contact

Secretary: Ms. Winnie Fung
[email protected]

Practice Profile

Steven is a battle-hardened advocate in both civil and criminal matters.

Steven has an artisanal practice. His work for each client is handcrafted with care and precision, based on more than 30 years of experience in the trenches.

His civil practice covers public law, general civil procedure, company law, conflict of laws, contract law, evidence, guaranty and indemnity, land, legal profession, limitation of actions, mutual legal assistance and trust.

On the criminal side, Steven defended a major property developer charged with conspiring with the Chief Secretary for the latter to misconduct himself in public office. The developer represented by Steven was the only defendant fully acquitted by the jury after a trial lasting for more than 120 days.

Steven also represented one of the 47 defendants (known as the “Hong Kong 47”) charged with conspiracy to commit subversion in connection with the 2020 Hong Kong pro-democracy primaries. Steven’s lay client was acquitted unanimously by a panel of designated judges after a trial lasting for 118 days.

Steven has been a member of Bernacchi Chambers since 1993.

Selected Cases

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Court of Final Appeal

Court of Appeal

Court of First Instance

Republic of Fiji

High Court of Fiji at Suva

  • Qarase v Bainimarama [2009] 3 LRC 614 (a trial concerning the extent of the prerogative powers of the President of Fiji to act in coup d’etat under the doctrine of necessity)
Our founder, Brook Bernacchi OBE, QC, JP began practising in 1946 and set up what is now the oldest set of Chambers in Hong Kong.

CONTACT

+852 2522 0066
+852 2845 0851
[email protected]
1402, Tower 1, Admiralty Centre, Admiralty, Hong Kong
© 2020 Bernacchi Chambers. All rights reserved.