On 12 December 2025, the Appeal Committee of the Court of Final Appeal (“CFA”) granted leave to appeal on four questions of great general or public importance on land law in Hong Kong: [2025] HKCFA 23. This is one of the rare occasions where the Appeal Committee grants leave to appeal on a question raised by respondents to defend the result in the lower […]

Two recent judgments of the Court of First Instance — Tang Ka Wing v Gold Sunflower Engineering Limited and Another [2025] HKCFI 5253 and Lam Wa Yung v Kam Yui and Others [2025] HKCFI 4870 — highlight the importance of objective medical evidence in cases involving subjective complaints of significant pain and substantial damages claims.  Tang Ka Wing v Gold Sunflower Engineering Limited and Another [2025] HKCFI 5253  The 43-year-old Plaintiff […]

Priscilia Lam SC and Eunice Lui acted for the Appellant in the case of 香港特別行政區 訴 梁鎮宗 [2025] HKCFI 5626, an appeal against conviction of an indecent assault charge. The appeal was allowed and the conviction was quashed.  The Appellant, a renowned photographer, was charged with and convicted of a charge of indecent assault at the Eastern Magistrates’ Court. The appeal grounds were as follows: (1) the Magistrate erred in allowing the Prosecution to […]

In Fan Lian v Wong Ka Keung [2025] HKDC 1336, the Court adopted an “overall evaluative-impressionistic approach” and found the existence of an employment relationship, awarding over HK$350,000 in employees’ compensation.  Patrick Szeto, instructed by Or & Lau, assigned by the Director of Legal Aid, acted for the applicant.    Sabina Sui provides her analysis on the judgment.   Facts  The Applicant, Madam Fan Lian (“A”), sustained […]

Ross Yuen and Eunice Lui acting for the 6th Respondent (“R6”) successfully opposed the application for compulsory sale in Precise Lucky Limited v Walkerfield Limited & Ors [2025] HKLdT 63 made under the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance, Cap 545 (“the Ordinance”).   It was a sad story though.  Mr. Lee was the owner of […]

On 17 October 2025, the Appeal Committee of the Court of Final Appeal granted leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal regarding the Court of First Instance’s decision in HKSAR 𝘷 So Tsun Fung [2025] HKCFI 916, identifying the following questions as being of great general or public importance:    (1) Whether the offence created under section […]

Commercial Law The Court of First Instance handed down a decision dismissing the Plaintiff’s inter partes summons seeking Mareva injunction, on the basis that there is insufficient evidence to infer a real risk of dissipation.  Applying the well-established principles governing Mareva injunctions in Convoy Collateral Ltd v Cho Kwai Chee [2020] HKCA 537, the Court was not satisfied that the Plaintiff has […]

The case of JS Success Ltd v Cheung Theobald Aylwin & Ors [2025] HKCFI 3837 concerns a shareholder dispute which arose from the joint venture of a Shanghainese restaurant operated under the brand of Lao Xue Yuan (“老雪園”). The Petitioner sought a buy-out order pursuant to s.724 of the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622), alleging the […]

The Court of First Instance handed down a landmark judgment holding that it is unconstitutional for the Government to refuse to register the genetic mother of a child – born to a same-sex couple through reciprocal in-vitro fertilisation – as a “parent” on his birth certificate.  Jason Ko (led by Nigel Kat SC and with […]

The Plaintiff faced an application from the Defendant for security for costs exceeding HK$2 million up to the conclusion of trial. The case concerned alleged unauthorised payments made by the Defendant, who was the Plaintiff’s sole Hong Kong employee, through pre-signed blank cheques deposited or withdrawn to her personal accounts.  Abigail Liu, instructed by Henry […]