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Hong Kong (2012)
  • Barrister (HK) (2012)
  • Solicitor (HK) (2011)
  • Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb)
  • CEDR Accredited Mediator

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Profile

David is an advocate in both civil and criminal courts.

He acts in civil disputes with a focus on commercial matters, directors’ duties for companies and the enforcement of Mainland judgments in Hong Kong.

His criminal practice includes prosecuting and defending a wide spectrum of offences, including road traffic offences, money laundering, indecent assault and theft.

David has been a part-time Lecturer (Non-Clinical) at the University of Hong Kong since 2017, sharing his experiences and knowledge with his students in the Criminal Procedure and Criminal Litigation Practice Course for the PCLL programme.

Notable Cases

Civil

Chan Chi Wah v Lo Chi Keung (HCMP 188/2018)
Appeared at the substantive hearing for the plaintiff where the defendant was removed as the executor by consent with costs.

Chance Fair Industrial Ltd. v Lu Li Li (HCA 1574/2022)
Successfully obtained an order to stay the proceedings for the plaintiff, pending the outcome of the liquidation of a Joint Venture company in Mainland China, subject to the defendant’s discretion in making an application for striking out the claim and with 80% of the costs of the stay summons.

Cheuk Kay Limited v The IO of Yin Yee Mansion (HCA 567/2022)
Represented the owner of a residential flat in seeking an injunction against the Incorporated Owners for renting out the common areas of a residential building for filming movies and the owner obtained an undertaking by the IO to cease carrying out such activities.

Dimerco International Logistics Company Ltd & Anor v Ho Wing Hay (HCA 1162/2022)
Obtained an injunction order by consent against a former employee from disclosing confidential information taken from the company during his term of employment.

Gurung Dil Bahadur v Fulcrum Engineering & Construction Ltd (DCPI 3783/2019)
Obtained costs order on an indemnity basis from the date on which the case was set down for trial to the date for the assessment of damages against the plaintiff’s solicitors personally who had failed to comply with the order to cease to act for the plaintiff who withdrew his case at the first day of trial.

Shun Hing Holdings Co. Ltd. & Ors v Li Kwok Po David & Ors (HCA 664/2012)
Appeared as a junior led by Mr. Denis Chang SC and Ms. Po Wing Kay in an application to unseal audited financial statements redacted by the Plaintiffs and to make disclosure of written representations by the board of directors to their auditors

Wen Wenyu v China Fair Land (Changchun) Ltd & Ors (HCMP 534/2022)
Successfully sought an order for costs for and on behalf of the 1st to 5th Defendants against the foreign Plaintiff who commenced the action for breach of contract against the 2nd Defendant. The Plaintiff’s case was dismissed by reason of the Plaintiff’s failure to pay the security for costs ordered.

Criminal

HKSAR v Choi Kwong Chi & Ors (WKCC 517/2021)
The defendant faced charges of unlawful assembly and possession of offensive weapons. The defendant was acquitted after trial on a legal point that the statutory definition of possession of “has with him” require proof of closer contact with the offensive weapons than mere possession.

HKSAR v Kwok Ka Chun (WKCC 1336/2024)
The defendant faced a charge of indecent assault and the prosecution agreed to deal with the matter by way of a bind-over order.

HKSAR v Muhammad Naeem & Anor (WKCC 2107/2022)
The 2nd Defendant was charged with dealing with dutiable goods and was acquitted after trial on a dispute over whether it was the Defendant who was the person that had committed the offence.

  • Barrister (HK) (2012)
  • Solicitor (HK) (2011)
  • Fellow, Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators (HKIArb)
  • CEDR Accredited Mediator
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