Velda Yau
Call
2022 (Hong Kong)
Areas of Practice
Companies
Contract
Criminal Law
Family & Matrimonial Law
Equity & Trusts
Property & Land
Probate & Succession
Regulatory & Disciplinary
Injunction & Contempt
Public Law & Judicial Review
Contact
Secretary: Ms. Suki Wong
[email protected]
Velda is a Charles Ching Scholar of 2022. She joined Chambers in the same year after completing her pupillage with Mr. Robert Pang SC, Mr. Osmond Lam, Mr. Eugene Yim (now Eugene Yim SC), Mr. Tim Parker (now Tim Parker SC) and Mr. Richard Yip.
Velda is developing a mixed civil, matrimonial and criminal practice. She also has experience in competition law, judicial reviews and disciplinary matters. She is capable of delivering oral and written advocacy in English and Chinese and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.
Velda double majored in War Studies and Philosophy at King’s College London before studying Juris Doctor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She received various scholarships and awards during her legal studies, including ranking 1st in year for Civil Procedure and graduating on Dean’s List.
Velda also represented her university in a number of international mooting competitions, including the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition and the Herbert Smith Freehills Competition Law Moot. She has since judged in international mooting competition and was appointed as the first alumni coach of her alma mater’s ICC Moot team.
- PCLL, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- JD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- BA War Studies and Philosophy, King’s College London
Commercial/ General Civil
- Tse Yik Kei v. Angel Lee Yoga Company Ltd [2025] HKDC 678
- 陳燕玲及另二人 對 陳家匡 [2025] HKDC 1226
- Lei Chi Kang v. Iconic Asia Company Ltd and Another [2024] HKDC 1751
Crime
- HKSAR v Chen Keen, Hao May & Yee Wenjye [2026] HKCFA 36 (𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐬, led by Tim Owen KC)
- 香港特別行政區 訴 李雪菁 [2025] HKDC 218, [2025] HKDC 663 (fraud charge acquitted with costs awarded, led by Mr Eric Kwok SC with Mr Osmond Lam)
- HKSAR v. A [2026] HKCFI 3596 (secured conditional discharge for unlawful sexual intercourse and buggery with underage girl, with Mr Adonis Cheung)
- WKCC526/2024 (false trade description acquitted with costs awarded, as sole counsel)
- KCS 2372/2026 (careless driving acquitted, as sole counsel)
Family/ Matrimonial
- CW v CC [2024] HKFC 92 (secured dismissal of divorce petition for want of jurisdiction, led by Jonathan Chan SC, with Timothy Lam)
Probate/ Trust
- Lam Hui Sai Ping Rina v. Wai Kee Shun and Others [2024] HKCFI 1025
Taxation
- International Institute of Professional Development Limited v. Frances Ip & Co., (a firm) [2024] HKCFI 2763
- Cheung Lai Mui v. Cheung Wai Shing & Others, FACV 1/2021
- Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship (2022)
- Dean’s List (2019-2020)
- Addleshaw Goddard Prizes for Civil Procedure (2019-2020)
- JD Scholarship for Academic Merit (2018-2019, 2019-2020)
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Community Investment Award (2018-2019)