Category: Recent Cases

Jeff Yau represented the plaintiff in Wong Aileen v Diasqua International Ltd [2024] 2 HKC 611, [2023] HKDC 1661. The action arose out of a dispute over suspected water seepage from the defendant’s property (‘D’s Property’) down to the plaintiff’s property underneath the D’s Property (‘P’s Property’). …

Jeff Yau represented the 4th defendant in Mason Group Holdings Ltd v Tam Joseph Wing On (譚榮安) [2024] 1 HKLRD 601, [2023] HKCFI 3305. P1-2 (Ps) belonged to the same group of companies. Ps' claim concerned two lots of shares the group had purchased in tandem from D5 …

Richard Todd KC represented the respondent in YSG (YX) v LYAG [2024] 2 HKC 201, [2023] HKCA 1319. The Family Court determined the ancillary relief proceedings after trial by rejecting the petitioner’s claim that there was allegedly a significant shortfall of assets when comparing the total must …

Jay Koon represented the 1st and 2nd plaintiffs in Wan Koon Sau (温官秀) & Anor v Lo Tam Shing & Ors [2024] 2 HKC 257, [2023] HKCFI 3048. A Prohibitory Order dated 20 December 1929 in favour of the three defendants was registered at the Land …

Gladys Li SC, Steven Kwan, Albert NB Wong and Yvonne Leung represented the applicant (Ms Chow Hang Tung) in Secretary for Justice v Persons Conducting in Acts Prohibited Etc [2023] 5 HKLRD 675, [2023] HKCFI 2741. The Secretary for Justice (the SJ) commenced proceedings and sought an injunction to …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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] …