“Thomas is meticulous, versatile, and knowledgeable in many areas of the law. He is one of the very few barristers in Hong Kong who is dual qualified in the Hong Kong and English Bar, and he has also conducted cases in the BVI.” (2026)
Legal 500 – Hong Kong Bar 2026 – Commercial Disputes – Leading Juniors: Tier 2
“Thomas impresses with his mastery of the law and his quick turnaround time.” (2026)
Legal 500 2026 England – London Bar – International Arbitration: Counsel – Rising Star
“His compelling advocacy skills are particularly impressive in addition to strategic thinking and leadership qualities as a civil practitioner. He has always been able to formulate and deliver pragmatic solutions to tackle critical challenges.”
Legal 500 – Hong Kong Bar 2025 – Commercial Disputes – Leading Juniors: Tier 2
“‘Thomas has strong research skills and good tactical awareness. An asset to any team.’” (2025)
Legal 500 – The English Bar Offshore 2025- 2026 – Commercial Disputes – Rising Star
“Thomas is incredibly smart and hard working, and also incredibly responsive. He quickly grasps the essential features of a case, his written and oral advocacy are both excellent, and clients love him and often don’t see the need to instruct a silk if Thomas is handling the matter.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024, Commercial Disputes — Leading Juniors
“He is passionate about the law and his enthusiasm in addressing legal issues and creativity in solving problems are some of his strengths.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023, Commercial Disputes — Leading Juniors
“A junior who has litigation in his blood and is passionate about his work. He is very thorough and provides clear and succinct arguments on complex issues.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2022, Commercial Disputes — Leading Juniors
“[Thomas WK Wong] has sound legal knowledge and analytical powers, outstanding research skills, and the ability to articulate arguments forcefully and yet clearly and succinctly.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2021, Commercial Disputes — Leading Juniors
Thomas is a Barrister called to the Hong Kong and English Bars, and one of a handful who maintains an active and vibrant practice in both jurisdictions. He has a broad Commercial, Company / Insolvency and Offshore litigation, and arbitration practice. He has been in practice at the Hong Kong Bar since 2018 (and Called to the English Bar in 2021), but also a Hong Kong commercial litigation solicitor since 2010.
For the past 15 years, Thomas has been serving clients in Hong Kong, the Greater China Region and internationally, and is a native Chinese speaker (both Mandarin and Cantonese). He also has considerable experience in Company / Insolvency matters including in Offshore jurisdictions, and Hong Kong Chancery matters. In particular, he has been acting as a led junior in the Cayman Islands and the BVI, and has recently defended a 2-month US$250 million Company and Trusts trial before the Grand Court (Financial Services Division) of the Cayman Islands. His work has been recognised by his ranking as a Leading Junior (Tier 2) in Hong Kong Bar – Commercial Disputes for six consecutive years to date, as well as a Rising Star in the London Bar – International Arbitration: Counsel and The English Bar Offshore – Commercial Disputes, both by Legal 500.
Prior to his move to the Bar, Thomas was a commercial litigator at Hogan Lovells and Clifford Chance during which time, he worked with clients directly and gained an understanding of their commercial objectives.
Thomas is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators, and is also on the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (“HKIAC”)’s List of Arbitrators as well as the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”)’s Reserve Panel of Arbitrators. Thomas often sits as arbitrator and has sat as a Deputy District Judge in Hong Kong in 2023 – 2024.
- FHKIArb (2020 – present)
- FCIArb (2020 – present)
- Solicitor (Hong Kong) (2010 – 2017)
- LLM (Distinction), London School of Economics (2019)
- PCLL, The University of Hong Kong (2008)
- LLB, The University of Hong Kong (2007)
- BSocSc(Govt&Laws), The University of Hong Kong (2006)
Arbitrator, SIAC’s Reserve Panel of Arbitrators: November 2023 – present
Arbitrator, HKIAC’s List of Arbitrators: 19 July 2023 – present
Arbitrator, Hong Kong Bar List of Arbitrators: 15 July 2020 – present
Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (FHKIArb): 26 May 2020 – present
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb): 20 February 2020 – present
• Hong Kong White Book 2024: Order 62 – Costs and Order 62A – Cost Offers and Payment into Court (Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong)
• Contributing author for (1) Chitty on Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts (7th Edition, 2023): Chapter 11 – Damages
• Co-authored two Chapters on Hong Kong law in two international legal encyclopaedias: Attachment of Assets (Mareva injunctions) and Enforcement of Money Judgments both published by Juris Publishing, Inc.
• Sweet & Maxwell Hong Kong
Contributing Author for (1) Chitty on Contracts: Hong Kong Specific Contracts (7th Edition, 2023 and 8th Edition, 2026, forthcoming): Chapter 11 – Damages, and (2) Hong Kong White Book 2024 – 2026: Order 62 – Costs and Order 62A – Cost Offers and Payment into Court
Arbitration and related Court proceedings (excluding Shipping and sale of goods)
Acting as counsel in:
(i) ICC arbitration (confidential) (ongoing) concerning dispute between major Asian car manufacturer and joint venture partner for electric sports vehicles; claims amounted to US$1.48 billion (led by Simon Milnes KC);
(ii) A HKIAC arbitration, for a US company against its ex-Mainland Chinese manufacturer in a franchising and manufacturing dispute;
(iii) A HKIAC arbitration, for breaches of a shareholders and noteholders agreement and the failure to list a related company on an international stock exchange;
(iv) A HKIAC arbitration, concerning breaches of two agreements, the exercise of a put option and misappropriation of funds; and
(v) A Contractor (a subsidiary of a transnational conglomerate) who had completed refurbishment and other works at a residential development on MacDonnell Road. The claim was fully settled in the Client’s favour after Particulars of Claim had been served.
Also, acted for:
(I) A Mainland Chinese businessman in seeking a stay of a Hong Kong High Court Action in favour of arbitration: Li Wenjun v Chen Chunhui [2023] HKCFI 405;
(II) A group of real estate companies-respondents resisting the indirect (common law) enforcement in Hong Kong of a CIETAC arbitral award by fresh proceedings in the Court of First Instance: 廈門新景地集團有限公司v Eton Properties Ltd, unrep, HCCL 13/2011, 14 June 2012 (CFI); and
(III) A major Hong Kong property developer on whether it had any ground for resisting the enforcement in Hong Kong of a New Zealand construction arbitral award against it.
Commodities, shipping and sale of goods
Successfully defended a global toy and baby products company against sale of goods and related claims totalling circa US$1.4 million brought by its former Hong Kong-based manufacturer – claims substantially reduced by circa US$1 million (and half of the final judgment sum had previously been admitted by the Clients): Technic Star Universal Ltd v Tiny Love Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2284.
Acted for the defence of a US$0.5 billion claim for damages for (i) Port Charges and (ii) the non-delivery of ten LNG cargoes arising out of the alleged failed performance of a long-term LNG supply contract, raising issues of contractual construction, wilful breach of contracts, liquidated damages / damages cap clauses, and the proper market valuation of the LNG cargoes in question: LCIA Arbitration No: 225461 (led by Mr David Lewis KC and Oliver Caplin KC).
Defended a SIAC arbitration claiming in excess of US$4m for: (1) loss in the market value of a cargo of Indian iron ore pellets, (2) additional financing costs, (3) port charges paid, and (4) value of the vessel’s discharge time, all as a result of the cargo’s alleged delayed discharge / delivery; and (5) loss and damage arising from an alleged breach of the arbitration agreement (led by David Lewis KC): SIAC Arbitration No 434 of 2021.
Acted in an LCIA-administered arbitration (an international sale of goods dispute), for a Cypriot company in its defence against a claim on a purported Guarantee of a related company by a Brazilian company in excess of US$18 million (led by Mr Michael Collett KC).
Acted for a UAE head purchaser in commencing HKIAC arbitration against its PRC seller of steel coils for delayed delivery and in the wrong quantity, as well as producing a false bill of lading, resulting in the rejection of the steel coils by the sub-purchaser.
Acted for an Indonesian coal mining company in commencing SIAC arbitration against its UAE purchaser for defaults in payment and related claims.
Advised on Hong Kong law in an HKIAC arbitration on the sale of goods in Mainland China.
Advised the time charterers of an expedition cruise ship on seeking injunctive relief to prevent its owners from by selling it on terms inconsistent with the charterers’ rights under the Charterparty.
Asset tracing / civil fraud
Acting for 31 individual and corporate shareholders in a multifaceted shareholders’ and investors’ dispute involving: (1) an unfair prejudice petition (as petitioners: CR-2023-005099); (2) two CPR Part 8 claims for disclosure to one of the clients based on the information rights provision in a Noteholders Agreement (CL-2023-000686 and CL-2023-000794), (3) a Norwich Pharmacal application for three of the clients (CL-2023-000514), and (4) two CPR Part 7 misrepresentation claims against the majority shareholder of the company personally in respect of the secondary purchases by those three clients of their shares in the company concerned (BL-2024-000036 and BL-2024-000401) (in all cases, led by Mr Duncan Matthews KC and Tony Beswetherick KC, and with Harris Bor, Matthew Chan and Mark Baldock): Segulah Medical Acceleration AB and 30 others v Akhilesh Shailendra Tripathi and others, Re Signifier Medical Technologies Ltd.
Acting (as English junior Counsel, with Conyers Dill & Pearman) for a former sponsor with a mining and metal sector specific mandate for a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) and a related investor company in their dispute with the SPAC’s business combination partner entity and the de-SPAC entity’s attempted lock-up of the clients’ private de-SPAC shares following the de-SPAC transaction. Issues raised include the construction of the Memorandum and Articles of Association (“MAA”), directors’ exercise of powers for improper purposes, collateral contract, estoppel by convention, and the jurisdiction to grant an injunction restraining the convening of any general meeting for amending the MAA adversely to vary the class rights attached to the clients’ shares: RCF VII Sponsor LLC & Anor v Blue Gold Ltd, FSD 213 OF 2025 (JAJ) (Finance Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands; led by Andrew Ayres KC).
Acting for two ultra-high net worth individuals in their claims for over 80% beneficial ownership of two companies holding numerous local and foreign investments totalling almost HK$200 million, and successfully resisted the other side’s (1) summary judgment application and (2) interim receivership application: Suen Wai Mo v Lam Hong Ki [2025] HKCFI 5475 (led by Denis Chang SC, with Raymond Ho and Tommy Cheung).
Acting for victims of an apparent telephone scam / cyber fraud in recovering the sums defrauded; obtaining judgment and Norwich Pharmacal order: Lin Weiqing v Hang Seng Bank, Limited [2019] HKDC 750; Opera National de Paris v Sun Bon International Logistic Ltd, DCCJ 218/2021 (summary judgment obtained from the Master in January 2022, but see subsequently [2022] HKDC 766, 1382 and 1405).
Acting for a high net worth individual investor in defending a claim in excess of US$12 million purportedly on the strength of an equity swap transaction confirmation involving a Cayman Islands fund, on the bases of fraud, and in any event that the transaction is tainted by illegality (as constituting an unlawful gaming contract and/or being contrary to sections 114 and 115 of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571)): CS Asia Opportunities Master Fund v Zhao Haohui, HCA 3001/2018.
Acted for the Plaintiff in an asset tracing / civil fraud case against various Defendants with pleaded claims (among others) in constructive trust, misrepresentation, dishonest assistance, knowing receipt, non est factum and breach of fiduciary duties: Lau Lai Shan Lisa v Zhang Qi, HCA 1395/2018.
Company law
Acting for two ultra-high net worth individuals in their claims for over 80% beneficial ownership of two companies holding numerous local and foreign investments totalling almost HK$200 million, and resisting the other side’s (1) summary judgment application and (2) interim receivership application: Suen Wai Mo v Lam Hong Ki, HCA 133/2020 (led by Mr Denis Chang SC, with Raymond Ho and Tommy Cheung).
Acted for an aggrieved minority shareholder of a quasi-partnership presenting an unfair prejudice Petition against the other shareholder(s) seeking (inter alia) a buy-out order: Re ebp Global Ltd, HCCW 215/2020; Re COBO Asia Limited, HCCW 362/2021.
Advised and appeared in applications:
1. Relating to several companies’ profit and loss accounts and balance sheets pursuant to Section 122(1B) of the old Companies Ordinance (Cap 32), in preparation for the listing of a related company;
2. For a validation order under section 182, Cap 32; and
3. For restoring a deregistered company under section 765 of the current Companies Ordinance (Cap 622), and resisting a last-minute application for leave to intervene in the restoration application.
Insolvency
Assisting (as English Counsel) in Singapore proceedings arising from the insolvency of Hin Leong Trading (Pte) Ltd, formerly one of Singapore’s largest independent oil traders, and its subsidiary Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd, both founded by former oil tycoon OK Lim (led by Mr Stephen Atherton KC). The Singapore High Court sought, and we prepared, submissions on two questions of law: (1) legal set-off in respect of the claims alleged to be assigned to the Client if such set-off had not been given effect to by a judgment of a court; and (2) whether any of the claims alleged to be assigned to the client would constitute bare rights of actions or mere rights to litigate.
Acted for former Liquidators (Managing Directors of Ernst & Young) of one of Hong Kong’s largest watchband brands in Luen Tat Watch Band Manufacturer Ltd v Liu Yiu Keung Stephen, as follows:
1. Their appeal to the Court of Appeal against their removal for misconduct and an unusual adverse costs order: [2021] HKCA 577 (merits); [2021] HKCA 976 (costs) (led by Mr Stewart Wong SC);
2. Resisting a related, 9-digit figure civil claim: HCA 1397/2018 (led by Mr Stewart Wong SC); and
3. Resisting a related application for production of documents: [2020] 5 HKLRD 183, [2020] HKCFI 2610 (merits); [2021] HKCFI 835 (stay of execution) (led by Mr Anson Wong SC).
Also, acting as sole Counsel for an experienced ShineWing insolvency practitioner in three appeals to the Court of Appeal:
1. Resisting an appeal brought by the Official Receiver against the Client’s successful first-instance Decision effectively confirming that the Client was a fit and proper person whom the creditors of a bankrupt might consider appointing as trustee in bankruptcy: Re Chan John Loong Fai (the Bankrupt) [2022] 1 HKLRD 63, [2021] HKCA 1834 (merits); [2022] HKCA 430 (costs);
2. Appealing against the Court of First Instance’s refusal to grant an order for provision of affidavits and for private examination by way of enforcing a previous Order of the Court for the provision of information and production of documents under section 29 of the Bankruptcy Ordinance (Cap 6): Re So Ching Wan [2021] 3 HKC 5, [2020] HKCA 1081 (merits); [2021] HKCA 666 (costs); and
3. Appealing against a decision of the Disciplinary Committee of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants: Registrar of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants v Tang Chung Wah [2022] 5 HKLRD 298, [2022] HKCA 1421.
Thirdly, acted for a group of creditors of a BVI company (in liquidation in the BVI), in (inter alia) their application for striking out the Hong Kong ancillary winding-up petition presented under Section 327 of the CO: Re Pioneer Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd, unrep, HCCW 322/2010, 6 March 2013 (CFI).
Fourthly, successfully partially resisted an application for a validation order on the grounds of the subject company’s doubtful solvency and lack of supporting evidence / safeguards to unsecured creditors: Re Univision Engineering Limited [2022] HKCFI 702.
Fifthly, acted as Co-Counsel for a creditor-bank in resisting a substantive Statutory Demand setting aside application by the debtor: Bank of Singapore Ltd v Li Wing Sang, HCB 5577/2017 (CFI).
Offshore
Acting (as English junior Counsel, with Harneys) for an Appellant before the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal and Grand Court against the official liquidator’s rejection of its Proof of Debt of US$25.8 million; issues included whether the claim was proprietary / trust in nature: Shang Peng Gao Ke, Inc SEZC v Official Liquidator of HEC International Ltd, CICA (Civil) Appeal 17 of 2023 (Grand Court Cause No FSD No 318 of 2021 (DDJ)) (led by Stephen Atherton KC at first instance and David Chivers KC on appeal).
Acting (as English junior Counsel, with Harneys) for the same group of clients in defending a US$273 million proprietary claim brought by the joint official liquidators of the 100% holding company of HEC International Ltd, and in resisting a belated proprietary injunction application seeking to preserve the entire US$0.273 billion in specie by way of payment-in: Ascentra Holdings, Inc (in Official Liquidation) v Ryunosuke Yoshida and four others, FSD No 300 of 2023 (RPJ) (led by Vernon Flynn KC).
Acted (as English junior Counsel, with Conyers Dill & Pearman) in RCF VII Sponsor LLC & Anor v Blue Gold Ltd, FSD 213 of 2025 (JAJ) (led by Andrew Ayres KC) in obtaining an urgent interim injunction restraining the underlying company from convening or holding any EGM for the purposes of varying the rights attached to any Class of Shareholders; injunction granted: [2025] CIGC (FSD) 94.
Assisted BVI law expert (Mr Paul Lowenstein KC) in compiling his expert report addressing specific issues on the construction of a BVI interim receivership order and on BVI interim receivership law, including in particular the scope of their powers under the order and their ancillary powers (if any), the territoriality of those powers, and whether the BVI Court would grant foreign court-appointed receivers independent freestanding powers, for use in Hong Kong proceedings.
Involved in acting for a family of prominent businessmen in an unfair prejudice petition in respect of a BVI top holding company of a group of valuable hotel and property investments and businesses in Africa, against their joint venture partners.
Financial Law
Rendering a substantial piece of written Advice on whether an Equity Term Sheet, purporting to confer equity interests to the pre-existing C-suite of a financial conglomerate, fell afoul of the English FCA Remuneration Code, and if so whether that might constitute a defence to an English Commercial Court claim for its enforcement (led by Michael Ashcroft KC).
Land / Property law
Acting for a Hong Kong property developer against the Government in an express right of way / specified street (regulation 18A, Building (Planning) Regulations (Cap 123F)) dispute: Leading Well Ltd v Director of Lands [2022] HKCFI 3246 (appeal pending before the Court of Appeal).
Acting for a Hong Kong company plaintiff in a High Court Action concerning an entire residential development in Shanghai worth over RMB1 billion: Longlife International (HK) Co Ltd v May Delight Ltd, HCA 2544/2016 (led by Mr Denis Chang SC).
Acted for an experienced property investor against a wholly-owned subsidiary of a major Hong Kong property investor in a High Court Action concerning the sale and purchase of an entire shopping mall: Cheung Shun Yee v Rich Resource Development Ltd [2019] HKCFI 2835 (led by Mr Denis Chang SC, with Jun Lee).
Secured summary judgment in an application for an order for sale of a co-owned property under section 6 of the Partition Ordinance (Cap 352) together with related relief, including an account against the Defendant of the property’s rentals for the past 15 years: Jacques Cuvelier v Chen Qizhi [2019] HKCFI 2386.
Acted for a real estate agent company (on instructions) to attempt to seek summary judgment for its commission in respect of a transaction which was concluded by another real estate agent company, and where there was no signed estate agency agreement (or exclusivity agreement): Fairmile Consultants Ltd v Esquel Enterprises Ltd [2019] HKCFI 2797 (merits); [2020] HKCFI 253 (costs).
Appeared as Counsel for the plaintiff in successfully obtaining an order for the sale of property which the plaintiff co-owned with the deceased (in the absence of a personal representative of the deceased’s estate): Poon Kit Ah v The Personal Representatives of Au-Yang Hoong Fung Victoria (Deceased) [2020] HKCFI 3115.
Trusts
Acting for the sole beneficiary under the Wills of the estate of the founder of a business empire (the late Mr James Smith Lee), straddling different businesses and jurisdictions, which he had built up, worth billions: HCAP 3/2020 (including a 3-day pre-trial deposition of an elderly witness, and various interlocutory applications) and a related trust action, HCA 330/2019 (led by Mr Denis Chang SC).
Hong Kong Charitable Trust pre-action advisory matter jointly instructed by the Charities and Philanthropy team of Withers London and the Private Client and Tax team of Withers Hong Kong.
Competition law
Acted and appeared as Co-Counsel for two Respondents in Hong Kong’s first-ever trial of an Enforcement Action by the Competition Commission before the Competition Tribunal: Competition Commission v W Hing Construction Co Ltd [2018] HKCT 5; [2019] 3 HKLRD 46, [2019] HKCT 3; issues raised included “by object” restrictions under the First Conduct Rule, and the efficiency defence under section 1, Schedule 1 to the Competition Ordinance (Cap 619).
Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap 571) (“SFO”)
Acted as sole Counsel for a listed company in a trial of a SFO section 214 Petition against the company and its founder and current and former officers; the company was ultimately awarded costs of and occasioned by the Petition on an indemnity basis against its founder and former executive director and chairman: Securities and Futures Commission v Sound Global Ltd & 4 Ors [2022] HKCFI 3025.
Acted for a high net worth individual investor in defending a claim in excess of US$12 million purportedly on the strength of an equity swap transaction confirmation involving a Cayman Islands fund, on the bases of fraud and illegality (as being contrary to sections 114 and 115 of the SFO and/or constituting an unlawful gaming contract): CS Asia Opportunities Master Fund v Zhao Haohui, HCA 3001/2018.
Rendered multiple written Advices / Opinions dealing with insider dealing, false trading, and other types of market misconduct prohibited under the SFO.
Arbitrator appointment
Currently sitting with Mr Peter Chow (Partner, King & Spalding Singapore) (as presiding arbitrator) and Mr Victor Dawes SC (Temple Chambers, Hong Kong; Chairman, Hong Kong Bar Association) (as co-arbitrator) in two related sets of ad hoc Commercial arbitration proceedings seated in Hong Kong and governed by the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
Also, currently sitting with Mr Shaun Wong (Managing Director, Shaun Wong LLC, Singapore) in a HKIAC-administered arbitration: an IP dispute concerning online gaming licensing between a Hong Kong company and a Taiwanese company.
Also sitting as sole arbitrator in an HKIAC arbitration concerning a joint venture and an investment framework agreement (dispute worth in excess of HK$16 million).
Civil procedure
Successfully appeared in a taxation review hearing before Master for a receiving party in an appeal before the Court of Appeal: Bond Speed Ltd v Goodwell Sam Cheong Grocery Co Ltd, unrep, CACV90/2010, 11 January 2012 (CFI).
Intellectual property
Acting for Plaintiffs in a trademark infringement, passing-off and breach of contractual restraint of trade action; successfully obtained judgment and a post-judgment Mareva injunction: Profundo Technologies Ltd v Wenhuan Zhong, HCA 1885/2015.
Acted for Johnson & Johnson and successfully resisted a trade mark opposition (to “兆科”) by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lee’s Pharmaceutical (HK) Limited (HKEx: 0950): see Decision of the Registrar of Trade Marks dated 10 June 2020.
Acted for BTCC (the first bitcoin exchange in the PRC, and ranked third amongst the bitcoin exchanges worldwide by trade volume) and successfully resisted three related trade mark oppositions (to “BTCC”, “BTCC & Device” and “BTCC EXCHANGE” respectively) by The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation: see three Decisions of the Registrar of Trade Marks all dated 7 July 2022 [2022] HKTMR 20, 21 and 22.
Employment
Acted for two senior employees in successfully resisting a Labour Tribunal appeal; a novel legal point was involved. The Court of First Instance adopted verbatim, as part and parcel of its reasoning, the legal propositions set out in my written submissions: Kouk Chung Fai v ebp Global Ltd [2020] HKCFI 3070.
Also, acted for the employer company in a High Court Action against an ex-employee for breach of post-termination restrictive covenants, diversion of business opportunities and making secret profits, and misappropriation of confidential information, and against a business competitor for economic torts: Re Compass Technology Co Ltd. The High Court Action was ultimately settled by mediation.
Additionally, rendered numerous pieces of Advices on employment-related issues such as those arising under the Employment Ordinance (Cap 57), enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants and confidentiality information protection, and breaches of duties of fidelity of employees and (senior employees’) fiduciary duties.
Judicial review
Acted for Hong Kong Television Network Limited (“HKTV”) in judicial reviews challenging:
1. The Chief Executive in Council (“CEIC“)’s decision refusing to grant HKTV a domestic free television programme service licence under the Broadcasting Ordinance (Cap 562) (“FTV licence“): HKTV v CEIC [2015] 2 HKLRD 1035 (CFI); [2016] 2 HKLRD 1005 (CA); and
2. The Office of the Communications Authority (“OFCA“)’s decision requiring HKTV’s subsidiary (“HKMTV“), a mobile television service licensee under the Telecommunications Ordinance (Cap 106), to obtain a further, FTV licence if it adopted the DTMB transmission standard: HKMTV v OFCA [2016] 2 HKC 44 (CFI).
Also, acted for the Airport Authority Hong Kong to resist judicial reviews concerning the environmental impact assessment process in relation to the development of the Hong Kong International Airport into a three-runway system: Ho Loy v Director of Environmental Protection, unrep, HCAL 21 and 22/2015, 22 December 2016 (CFI).
Further, acted as Counsel for the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong in its intended intervention in MK v Government of HKSAR [2019] 2 HKLRD 978, [2019] HKCFI 1089.
Disciplinary boards
Appeared as Counsel for the Travel Industry Council (“TIC”) in two appeals brought by Expedia Asia Pacific Ltd before the TIC Appeal Board concerning the interpretation of a core TIC Directive, the Travel Agents Ordinance (Cap 218) and its subsidiary legislation.
Also, researched on and drafted the written Case for the Registrar of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Respondent to a final appeal against the rulings in professional disciplinary proceedings: Registrar of Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants v Wong Tak Man Stephen (2017) 20 HKCFAR 556 (CFA).
Miscellaneous
Handled, advised and pursued many other contractual, estate agency, sale of goods, employment, and/or Banking claims and summary judgment applications both before the Court of First Instance and the District Court. Examples: Punjab National Bank v KSK Energy Ltd, HCA 2150/2017 (summary judgment (liquidated claim) obtained; Counsel for the Bank); Indian Overseas Bank v Ask Re Ltd & 3 Ors, HCMP 2107/2019 (summary judgment (liquidated claim) obtained; Counsel for the Bank).
