Members of DCC recognised in Doyle’s Guide 2024 on Leading Employment & Labour Law Barristers (Hong Kong)

Denis Chang’s Chambers is delighted to announce that Hectar Pun SC and Earl Deng have been recognised in Doyle’s Guide 2024 on Leading Employment & Labour Law Barristers in Hong Kong.

Hectar Pun SC –  Recommended Senior Counsel
Earl Deng – Recommended Junior Counsel

For more information, please visit Doyle’s Guide.

 

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 2024, Administrative and Public Law — 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.

Visit Hectar’s profile for more details.

 

Earl Deng

“Earl is strong in thinking outside the box while being comprehensive in his legal research, avoiding the risk of tunnel vision in the field, which often hampers effectiveness of some public interest lawyers. Because of his research skills and comprehensiveness, he is a brilliant junior.”
Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024, Labour and Employment — Leading Juniors

Earl Deng read Law at the University of Cambridge, Fitzwilliam College on a Prince Philip Scholarship Bursary and was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2008, joining Chambers in the same year.

Earl has an active civil law practice involving advisory and advocacy work in complex commercial, contractual, chancery, and intellectual property disputes and is known as a specialist advocate for public and administrative law matters and sexual minority rights.

Earl is also a regular contributor to a large volume of practitioner publications, and has authored original chapters and volumes, including Chitty on Contracts (Hong Kong Specific Edn.), Employment Law and Practice in Hong Kong, Discrimination Law in Hong Kong, and various volumes of Halsbury Laws of Hong Kong.

View Earl’s profile for more details.

 

This article was first published on 12 June 2024.

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