Patrick is a trial counsel in mixed criminal and general civil practice.
His practice particularly focuses on the blurred and muddy areas between criminal and civil laws. He is always interested in receiving instructions to handle cases caught in muddy and uncharted waters.
Areas of Practice
Crime
acts as a defend counsel in various white collar crimes cases and quasi-criminal cases, with expertise in dangerous driving, industrial summonses, & regulatories.
Land & Property
Acts for parties in cases related to Chinese Customary Law, succession, secret trust, donatio mortis cause, common intention constructive trust, adverse possession so forth.
General Civil Litigation
acts for parties in a wide range of cases:
Commercial cases e.g. fraud, contract, partnership
Defamation arising from employment appraisal, IO & other publication
Administrative and public Law.
Intellectual Property
acts for parties in cases related to trademark, copyright, passing-off, breach of confidentiality and so forth.
Biography
Called to the Bar in 2008, Patrick has since developed a mixed criminal and general civil practice, with particular focus on the blurred and muddy areas between criminal and civil laws. He had appearance as a junior counsel in a money laundering case in the Court of Final Appeal. He is experienced in defending in white collar crimes and quasi criminal cases including Labour Department’s and MPFA’s summonses.
On the civil side, Patrick has experience and accepts instructions in a wide range of cases, most of which are somehow tainted with iniquity, illegality and criminality: defamation, deceit or misrepresentation in contract involved in insurance, estate agency, guarantee, partnership, and company, property ownership dispute involved trusts and restitution claims, trade marks and copyrights infringement. Judicial Review, Regulatory hearing and investigation such as Estate Agency Authority, Housing Authority, Securities and Futures Commission, and Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
In addition to the practice in the intersection and overlap of Criminal and Civil laws, Patrick has recently expanded his practice to land dispute including adverse possession, boundary dispute and N.T. Land inheritance/Chinese Customary Law.
Besides this, he is always interested in receiving instructions to handle cases caught in muddy and uncharted waters.
Qualifications
Bar (HK) in 2008
LLM (HKU) with distinction
Contacts
Phone
(852) 2866 8588