Michael has a broad civil and criminal practice. He undertakes a wide range of civil cases including land, building management, construction and commercial disputes. He defended commercial crime cases involving fraud, money laundering and corruption cases. He acted for Mr. Thomas Kwok in HKSAR v Rafael Hui & Others HCCC 98/2013.

Michael has extensive experience in public law in both civil and criminal contexts. He is experienced in election matters.  He also regularly defended criminal cases involving issues of human rights and civil liberties, including the freedom of assembly and of demonstration. He acted as defence counsel in the Lee Tung Street protest case (HKSAR v Sin Wai Fong and Others ESCC 4600/2007) and the LegCo By-Election Mechanism Public Forum case (HKSAR v Leung Kwok-hung and Others KCCC 3637/2011). He acted for Nathan Law Kwun Chung in the “Reclaim Civic Square” case.

Michael has also been instructed to appear in disciplinary proceedings such as the disciplinary committee hearing of the Hong Kong Confederation of Insurance Brokers. He also regularly represents the Secretary for the Chinese Medicines Board at the meetings of the Chinese Medicines Board.

Michael is a CEDR accredited mediator.