Jasper Wong 黃樂之
Call : 2019 (HK)
Set : Main
Practice Areas
Administrative and Public LawArbitrationChanceryCommercial LawCompany and InsolvencyEmploymentLand and Property LawRegulatory and Disciplinary
Contact
Email : [email protected] Secretary : Shayne Lau [email protected]

Jasper graduated with a Double First in Law at the University of Cambridge. He was the first recipient of the Sir Oswald Cheung Scholarship at the University of Hong Kong, which is awarded to the best HKU PCLL applicant who intends to join the Bar each year.

Jasper is developing a broad civil practice, which includes injunctions, probate, conveyancing, stamp duty appeal, regulatory review, appearances before tribunals (including the Anti‐Money Laundering and Counter‐Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal) and judicial review.

Prior to becoming a barrister, Jasper served as a judicial assistant at the Court of Final Appeal from 2017 to 2018.  Aside from his practice, Jasper also teaches law at CUHK and at the University of Law (Hong Kong Campus).


  • University of Hong Kong
  • Peterhouse, Cambridge
  • Warwick School
  • Salesian English School, Shau Kei Wan

 


  • Construction Law Scholarship (2019)
  • Middle Temple Scholarship for advocacy training in London (2018)
  • Champion Team and Best Speaker, University of Hong Kong Criminal Law Moot (2017)
  • Inaugural Holder, Sir Oswald Cheung Scholarship at the University of Hong Kong (2016)
  • Distinction in Equity in Law Tripos (2015)
  • Wilson Butler Prize for Law Tripos (2015)

  • Part-time lecturer at Chinese University of Hong Kong – 2020 onwards
  • Part-time lecturer at University of Law – 2021 onwards

COVID-19 and Pure Economic Loss: Would Hong Kong Courts Permit Recovery?  (co-authored with Ms Christina Lee) – (view article)

Hong Kong Courts May Require Proof of Settled Practice Before Rendering Common Law Assistance to Foreign Liquidators – (view article)

Contributor to “Hong Kong Practical Guidance – Banking and Securities” published by LexisNexis


Yan Yu Ying v Leung Wing Hei HCA 2295/2019 (8 October 2021)
Interim-interim injunction over 999 Bitcoins (led by Mr Laurence Li SC and with Mr Foster Yim)

Kinvast Ltd v Fineness Ltd HCMP 176/2020 (3 March 2021)
Vacation of document pending registration; indemnity costs (as sole advocate)

Cheung Shing Hong Limited v China Ping An Insurance (Hong Kong) Company Limited
HCA 1485/2019 (24 August 2020)
Stay of proceedings in favour of arbitration (with Ms Christina Lee)

Re Chen Te-ming  HCB 2446/2017 (3 August 2020)
Annulment of a bankruptcy order on the ground of improper service, raising issues of the relevance of post-bankruptcy conduct and unrecognised foreign judgment (as sole advocate)

Pacific Andes Enterprises (BVI) Ltd (in Liquidation) and Others v Ng Joo Siang and Others [2020] HKCFI 1242; HCA 688/2019 (16 June 2020)
Resisting inter partes Mareva and proprietary injunction (with Mr James Wood)

Philipp Doodt and Others v Huang Shihu and Others HCA 2482/2017 (22 January 2020)
Resisting appeal from Master refusing interim payment (with Mr Benny Lo)

South China City Limited v Real Honest Far East Limited  HCA 1234/2019 (10 December 2019)
Dismissal of summary judgment application on a pleading point (as sole advocate)

A full comprehensive CV with most recent cases is available on request.