Trials:

• Macro Charm Ltd v Phoenix Nicaragua S.A. & Others [2022] HKCFI 1822 (fraudulent misrepresentation/deceit)

• Chen Yung Ngai Kenneth v Ho Yuk Wah David [2020] HKCFI 2518 (sham transactions and the beneficial ownership of companies)

• Re Trade Treasure Ltd [2019] HKCFI 2976 (intervention over the Companies Register; extension of “Duomatic principle” to unregistered beneficial share owners)

• Re Shiu Kwong Man Jimmy; Re Siu Kong Fai [2018] HKCFI 2504 (bankruptcy petitions involving the sale of secured property at an undervalue)

• Ding Yong v Song Lihua [2018] HKCFI 1285 (breach of contract)

• Re Kwong Wing & Co (China) Ltd; Re Kingsway Int’l (HK) Corporation Ltd (HCCW 61-62/2017) (creditor’s winding up petition)

• Owyang Loong Shui Ivan v Winco Paper Products Company Ltd (DCCJ 4867/2014) (detinue and conversion of property)

• Re Longmay International Ltd (HCCW 268/2012) (creditor’s winding up petition)

• Re Capital Globe Ltd (HCCW 422/2010) (creditor’s winding up petition)

• Pearldelta Group Ltd v Huge Winners International Ltd (CACV 105/2010 & HCA 595/2008) (claim under a convertible bond)

• Lee Hung Chiu, Philip v Becton Dickinson Asia Ltd (HCA 2830/2000) (unfair dismissal from employment)

Arbitrations:

• Friendship Shipping & Trading SA v IVL Dhunseri Polyester Co SAE [2024] HKCFI 3180 (anti-suit injunction seeking to restrain Egyptian legal proceedings in favour of arbitration)

• China Solar Power (Holdings) Ltd v Ulvac, Inc (HCMP 1191/2015) (setting aside an arbitral award)

• Representing Dutch electronics conglomerate in a dispute concerning the licensing of optical disc patents (Hong Kong seated arbitration)

• Representing luxury Swiss watch maker in a dispute with its exclusive Hong Kong and China distributor (Geneva seated arbitration)

• Empanelled with the Beijing Arbitration Commission/Beijing International Arbitration Court (BAC/BIAC) and the Chinese Arbitration Association, Taipei (CAA), and the AALCO Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre (AALCO-HKRAC), and listed on the database of arbitrators for the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the Hong Kong Bar Association Arbitrator List.

Fraud and asset recovery:

• Lesnina H. D.O.O. v Wave Shipping Trade Co Ltd [2022] 2 HKLRD 727 (defending innocent recipient of stolen funds)

• Gaming Partners International Corporation v Paulo Da Silva (HCMP 3354/2015) (search and seizure (or “Anton Piller” order) over a former employee’s residential premises)

• Anello Asset Management LLP v General Trading Credit Carbon (HCA 208/2013) (urgent injunction to freeze assets (or “Mareva” order) with disclosure orders against banks)

Company law and insolvency:

• Re Huafang Group Inc [2025] HKCFI 4938 (validation orders for solvent investment holding company and shareholders’ scheme of arrangement)

• Re Rich Region Holdings Ltd [2023] 2 HKLRD 636 (court ordered meeting of shareholders)

• Re Lucky Legend Industries Ltd; Re Vintage Wine Cellar Ltd [2021] 4 HKC 556 (dismissal of unfair prejudice petition in a shareholders dispute)

• Chan Kai Yan v Leung Chi Kit [2019] HKCFI 1828 (striking out “reflective loss” claims in a shareholders’ dispute)

• Re Siberian Mining Group Company Ltd (HCCW 392/2015) (striking out a shareholder’s petition against a listed company)

• Tam Wing Yuen & Chow Doi Yik Caniel v Siberian Mining Group Company Ltd & Others (HCA 2694/2015) (striking out a shareholder’s derivative action against a listed company)

• Zhi Charles v Kim Young Jun & Others (HCA 1821/2015) (dismissal of injunction against a listed company from holding its Annual General Meeting)

• Zhi Charles v SRK Consulting Ltd & Others (HCA 2247/2014) (striking out a shareholder’s derivative action against a listed company)

• Zhi Charles v Jang Sam Ki & Others (HCA 1151/2014) (striking out a shareholder’s derivative action against a listed company)

• Re Siberian Mining Group Company Ltd (HCCW 282/2014) (striking out a creditor’s winding up petition based on a promissory note)

• Re KB (Asia) Ltd (HCMP 307/2013) (schemes of arrangement – principles for ordering the meeting of creditors)

• Abdul Aziz Essa v Capital Globe Ltd [2012] 6 HKC 472 (personal costs order against non-party director in winding up proceedings)

• Re 3D-Gold Jewellery Holdings Ltd (HCCW 503/2008) (private examination orders against a company’s former auditors)

• Re Gold Pleasure Industrial Company Ltd (CACV 21/2009 & HCCW 49/2006) (removal of provisional liquidators from office)

Personal bankruptcy:

• Re Ho Yuk Wah David [2025] 1 HKLRD 648 (implied undertaking over documents produced to trustees-in-bankruptcy)
   

• Re Ho Yuk Wah David [2020] 2 HKLRD 608 (private examination orders in bankruptcy)

Wills, probate and trusts:

• Chi Dong Eun v Choi Sung Min (HCA 2676/2015) (striking out a claim brought by a beneficiary under a trust)

• Re Haque Shaquil [2012] 1 HKLRD 689 (creditor bypassing an executor in probate)

• Re Drake & Morgan Ltd (HCMP 1490/2009) (management of trust assets)

• Re Wong Wai Fat (HCAP 30/2012) (appointing professional administrators over an intestate estate)

Professional disciplinary proceedings:

• Re Lai Man Chun Anthony (17 June 2011) (Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal)

Intellectual property:

• Television Broadcasts Ltd v Warner Music Hong Kong Ltd & Others (CT2, 3 & 4 of 2009) (Copyright Tribunal)

• Revocation of Trade Mark 200001494 “All Saints” (Trade Marks Registry)

Interlocutory proceedings:

• Chen Yung Ngai Kenneth v Alan Chung Wah Tang [2026] HKCFI 3589 (setting aside leave to bring contempt of court proceedings)

• Sun Hing Ginza Ltd v Chan Kai Yan [2023] HKCFI 2410 (admissibility of expert evidence)

• Chan Kai Yan v Leung Chi Kit [2023] 5 HKLRD K1 (admission of new witness testimony for trial)

• China Industrial Securities International Brokerage Ltd v Li Hailong [2022] HKCFI 2694 (service of process out of jurisdiction)

• Union Bank of India v Glory Universal Group Inc [2021] 1 HKLRD 381 (asymmetric jurisdiction clauses)

• Asia-Pac Infrastructure Development Ltd v Shearman & Sterling [2020] 1 HKC 13 (trial of a preliminary issue on maintenance and champerty)

• Re Trade Treasure Ltd [2019] 5 HKLRD 355 (security for costs against intended intervener)

• Asia-Pac Infrastructure Development Ltd v Shearman & Sterling [2018] 1 HKLRD 113 (joint privilege over client documents held by former solicitors)

• Zhi Charles v Lim Hosok [2017] 2 HKLRD 35 (constitutionality of section 22 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance)

• Siberian Mining Group Company Limited v Zhi Charles [2016] 4 HKLRD 88 (restraining order against a vexatious litigant)

• Elco Holland BV v Airwell Air-Conditioning (Asia) Company Ltd [2015] 5 HKC 375 (implying terms into a contract and the meaning of “business efficacy”)

• Re Lucky Ford Industrial Ltd [2013] 3 HKLRD 550 (cost principles in a winding up)

• Macro Charm Ltd v Phoenix Nicaragua S.A. & Others (HCA 484/2012) (security for costs and non-party cost orders)

• Falcon Insurance Company (Hong Kong) Ltd v Flagship Underwriting Management Ltd [2011] 1 HKLRD 489 (admissibility of evidence for appeals)

• Re Capital Globe Ltd [2011] 3 HKC 19 (discovery and inspection of audited accounts in a creditor’s winding up petition