Five DCC Charles Ching Scholars attended the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship
Isabel Tam, Jason Ko, Emily Ting, Tiffany Yau and Matthew Suen, five Charles Ching Scholars from Denis Chang’s Chambers, attended the 25th Anniversary Celebration of Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship on 5 September 2025 organised by the Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA). Our Scholars were presented with their certificates of award.
In memory of the late Honourable Mr Charles Arthur Ching, GBM, the HKBA established the Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship in 2000. The object of the Scholarship is to encourage high calibre law graduates or likely candidates to join the Bar by providing them an opportunity to undergo suitable training for advocacy skills through provision of financial awards during pupillage and/or the early stages of their practice at the Bar.
In keeping with the object of the Scholarship and in the best traditions of the Bar, Denis Chang’s Chambers remains committed to nurturing young talents who demonstrate the highest standards of excellence in advocacy.
Isabel Tam
Recognised as Leading Junior in Legal 500 (2025, Administrative and Public Law), Isabel’s practice focuses on family law, public law, and regulatory matters. She has extensive experience in general matrimonial finance and preservation of assets, as well as particular expertise in complex legal issues arising out of LGBTQ/modern families and the dissolution of families with cross-border elements. She has acted as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, Court of First Instance, District Court, Magistrates’ Courts, and the Court of Final Appeal.
Isabel has been involved in landmark family law cases concerning modern families and LGBTQ rights in Hong Kong. Notably, she represented the non-biological parent in AA v BB [2021] 2 HKLRD 1225, securing guardianship and joint custody for a same-sex couple. She was involved in NF v R [2023] 5 HKLRD 58, a case resulting in a novel type of relief, a declaration of “parentage at common law” for a same-sex parent. Her expertise in family law is augmented by her experience in other related areas including in particular tax (Koo Ming Kown & Anor v The Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2021] 3 HKLRD 642 on liability for additional tax), mental incapacitated persons, and trust claims.
She is a contributor to the current editions of Hong Kong Civil Procedure and Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Hong Kong Precedents of Pleadings.
Please visit Isabel’s profile for more details.
Jason Ko
Jason is a Charles Ching Scholar. He has been recognised by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025 as a Rising Star in “Commercial Disputes” and 2024 as a Rising Star in“Regulatory, Investigations and Crime” categories.
Since joining Chambers in 2019, Jason has acted in a wide range of civil and criminal matters, including successfully seeking injunctions restraining acts of harassment and defamation. He also acted for the defendant in the first Hong Kong trial of disclosing personal data without data subject’s consent, contrary to section 64 of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap 486): HKSAR v Ip Anthony Chun Hin (WKCC 1638/2022) (led by Philip Dykes SC).
Recently, Jason acted for the successful Plaintiffs in civil contempt proceedings where the Defendant has acted in breach of an anti-harassment injunction order: Chuang’s China Investments Limited v Zhou Changchun [2023] HKCFI 2427 (with Mr Richard Yip).
Find out more from Jason’s profile.
Emily Ting
Called to the Bar in 2019, Emily has a broad civil practice with an emphasis on chancery matters. She is active in the area of land law (including land compulsory sale applications, adverse possession, mortgage actions, building planning, and advising on easements and governments leases) and has co-authored the articles Summary possession of land under Order 113: Practical tips (with Mr. Ross Yuen) and Exemption clauses in the Deed of Mutual Covenant: A built-in shield against liability for building managers? (with Ms. Isabel Tam).
Her recent cases include Wise Grace Investment Limited & others v Lui Man Dung & others [2025] HKLdT 5 in which she acted for respondent minority owner in the trial of an application for compulsory sale for redevelopment.
Emily was recently recognised by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025 as a Rising Star – Competition.
More details can be found in Emily’s profile.
Tiffany Yau
Tiffany is a Charles Ching Scholar. She joined Chambers in 2021 after completing her pupillage with Mr Chan Chi Hung SC, Mr Clement Lau, Mr Earl Deng, Mr Tim Parker and Mr Justin Ho.
Tiffany obtained her LLB from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with First Class Honours. She went on to obtain her BCL from the University of Oxford with Merit overall and Distinction in Commercial Remedies.
Before being called to the Bar, Tiffany was a Judicial Assistant to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal from 2019 to 2020.
Tiffany is developing a broad practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work. She is fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin.
View Tiffany’s profile here.
Matthew Suen
Matthew is a Charles Ching Scholar. Matthew is developing a broad civil practice across the full range of commercial litigation, international arbitration and advisory work. He is comfortable being instructed as part of a counsel team or in his own right, and has appeared unled in the High Court.
Before coming to the Bar, Matthew had a stint at one of China’s top Red Circle Firms where he acquired a good understanding of the mainland Chinese market in the context of cross-border commercial disputes. As barrister, Matthew is regularly instructed to act – as junior or sole counsel – in high-stakes commercial arbitrations administered by major arbitral institutions in Asia, including HKIAC, SIAC and CIETAC (HK). He also acts as secretary to arbitral tribunals.
Matthew read law in Hong Kong and mainland China and holds a Master of Laws degree in PRC Civil and Commercial Law from Peking University. He served pupillage with Mr Hectar Pun SC, Mr Adrian Lai JP, Dr Benny Lo, Mr Randy Shek and Mr Richard Yip before commencing his full practice in 2022. He currently serves in the Standing Committee on Mainland Affairs and the Committee on Arbitration of HKBA.
Please see Matthew’s profile for more details.
This article was first published on 8 September 2025.
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