Re Estate of Chan Fook Lai (Deceased) [2024] 1 HKLRD 29, [2023] HKCA 1177
Lydia Leung represented the plaintiff / respondent, and Jeff Yau represented the defendant / appellant, in Re Estate of Chan Fook Lai (Deceased) [2024] 1 HKLRD 29, [2023] HKCA 1177. P, a son of the Testator and his executor, obtained summary judgment pronouncing for the force and validity …
Chan Siu Lung v Yip Kam Shui (t/a Ying Tung Engineering Co) [2023] 5 HKLRD 710, [2023] HKCA 1144
Ashok K. Sakhrani successfully represented the plaintiff (appellant) in Chan Siu Lung v Yip Kam Shui (t/a Ying Tung Engineering Co) [2023] 5 HKLRD 710, [2023] HKCA 1144. In this appeal, P, a plumber who was performing welding work in a building under construction and who …
Madeleine Booth Attended South Eastern Circuit Tim Dutton CBE KC Advanced International Advocacy Course
Bernacchi Chambers member Madeleine Booth recently had the opportunity to attend the South Eastern Circuit Tim Dutton CBE KC Advanced International Advocacy Course at Keble College, Oxford. Aimed at developing the highest standards of advocacy and attended by practitioners from all over the globe, the …
HKSAR v Lui Sai Yu (呂世瑜) (2023) 26 HKCFAR 332, [2023] HKCFA 26
Robert Pang SC, Joe Chan, Yvonne Leung and Jay Koon represented the appellant in HKSAR v Lui Sai Yu (呂世瑜) (2023) 26 HKCFAR 332, [2023] HKCFA 26. D pleaded guilty to incitement to secession, contrary to art.21 of the National Security Law (NSL). D admitted being one …
HKSAR v Lau Chi Fung [2025] 1 HKLRD 208, [2023] HKCA 975
Steven Kwan and Pauline Leung represented the applicant in HKSAR v Lau Chi Fung [2025] 1 HKLRD 208, [2023] HKCA 975. D was convicted of one count of riot, concerning protests that took place in Wong Tai Sin in October 2019. D called one defence …
HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying (黎智英) (Unauthorised Assembly) [2023] 4 HKLRD 484, [2023] HKCA 971
Philip Dykes SC and Chris Ng represented the 2nd applicant and the 5th applicant, and Robert Pang SC, Geoffrey Yeung, Simon Kwok and Velda Yau represented the 6th applicant and the 7th applicant, in HKSAR v Lai Chee Ying (黎智英) (Unauthorised Assembly) [2023] 4 HKLRD 484, [2023] …
Velda Yau Coached CUHK Team to IBA ICC Moot Competition Semi-Finals
Bernacchi Chambers member Velda Yau, the first alumni coach for The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s International Criminal Court (ICC) moot team, recently took the team to compete at the annual IBA ICC Moot Court Competition held in The Hague, Netherlands in June 2023. Co-organized …
Re X & Y (Surrogate Children: Transfer of Proceedings) [2023] 4 HKLRD 306, [2023] HKFC 146
Philip Dykes SC represented the petitioner wife in Re X & Y (Surrogate Children: Transfer of Proceedings) [2023] 4 HKLRD 306, [2023] HKFC 146. Two children (X and Y) were born by surrogate mothers pursuant to two surrogacy agreements commissioned by the parties, who were …
Re Leading Holdings Group Ltd (領地控股集團有限公司) [2023] 4 HKLRD 71, [2023] HKCFI 1770
Vincent Chen represented the Petitioner in Re Leading Holdings Group Ltd (領地控股集團有限公司) [2023] 4 HKLRD 71, [2023] HKCFI 1770. This application concerned whether the petitioner (P), who was an investor of a global note, had the standing to present a winding-up petition against the issuing …
Lui Ming Lok (雷明樂) v Ng Im Fong Loretta (伍艷芳) [2023] 4 HKLRD 37, [2023] HKCA 865
Robert Pang SC, leading Jeff Yau, represented the defendant in Lui Ming Lok (雷明樂) v Ng Im Fong Loretta (伍艷芳) [2023] 4 HKLRD 37, [2023] HKCA 865. In the context of claims under rival wills, the High Court struck out P's pleading that the mental …