Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Hong Kong Precedents of Pleadings, Fourth Edition
Denis Chang’s Chambers is pleased to have contributed to Bullen & Leake & Jacob’s Hong Kong Precedents of Pleadings (4th edition 2025), the definitive guide to civil practitioners, edited by the Honourable Mr. Justice Bokhary NPJ. Hectar Pun SC, Isabel Tam, Anson Wong Yu Yat, and Emily Ting contributed to the commentary and precedents on Competition and Judicial Review.
This definitive guide remains an essential resource for civil practitioners, offering comprehensive commentary and carefully drafted precedents across 22 mainstream and specialist areas of practice. Key updates in this edition include recent developments in Admiralty law, Economic Torts such as the abolition of the “fraud exception” in summary judgments, refinements in Competition Law enforcement, and groundbreaking rulings in Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Judicial Review.
Hectar Pun SC
“Hectar always delivers high-quality advice in a short amount of time. He conducts clear and concise advocacy, thinks quickly on his feet, and can always answer questions from the bench impressively.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025, Administrative and Public Law — Tier 1 Leading Silks
Hectar was called to the Bar in 1995 and appointed Senior Counsel in 2015.
Hectar’s practice spans many areas including constitutional and administrative law, human rights law, immigration law, criminal law, land law, company law and commercial law. He appears regularly on behalf of applicants in major judicial review proceedings.
Hectar has acted for the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong, legislative councillors, district councillors, demonstrators, police officers, prisoners, refugees and asylum seekers, tenants of public housing estates, homosexuals, transsexuals, the disabled and the underprivileged, etc.
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Isabel Tam
“Isabel is strong in analysis and research.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025: Administrative and Public Law – Leading Junior
Isabel is a Bar Scholar who graduated with a first-class LLB and with distinction in her LLM. She also has an MA in competition law with distinction in the examination component and was seconded to the Competition Commission.
Called to the Bar in 2013, Isabel practises in a wide range of areas, with an emphasis on family law, commercial/regulatory matters and public law.
Recent highlights of Isabel’s experience include: NH v TCAB [2024] 6 HKC 765 on the treatment of the principle of res judicata in administrative decision-making; NF v R [2023] 5 HKLRD 58, a breakthrough for same-sex parents, granting a declaration of “parentage at common law” to a same-sex couple; and AA v BB [2021] 2 HKLRD 1225, which has been hailed as a landmark victory for the LGBTQ community, granting rights to a separated same-sex couple who had co-parented children during their relationship.
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Anson Wong Yu Yat
“ Anson is a hardworking counsel whose legal knowledge is impressive. He is willing to test different arguments and go the extra mile for clients. His advocacy is excellent.”
“Anson is very good in his research. His turnaround time is very good and he thinks outside of the box.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2025, Commercial Disputes & Administrative and Public Law — Leading Juniors
Anson has appeared in more than 150 court judgments (including 18 cases in the Court of Final Appeal with 13 substantive appeals) over the mere span of 10 years’ call, reflecting the exceptional wealth of experience and exposure in civil litigation for his seniority.
Anson has developed a broad civil practice with a growing practice in insolvency and bankruptcy matters in recent years. He is experienced in handling complex questions of law, including those of great general or public importance which reached the Court of Final Appeal. For example, he has recently appeared in (among others) three civil appeals before the Court of Final Appeal dealing with important questions concerning insolvency matters, land law and equity, service out of jurisdiction and statutory interpretation.
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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.
This article was first published on 3 July 2025.
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