Call: 2019 (HK) |
John joined Chambers in 2019 following completion of pupillage with Mr Abraham Chan SC, Mr Jin Pao SC, Mr Laurence Li SC, and Mr Tony Li SC.
Before being called to the Hong Kong Bar, John was a Judicial Assistant at the Court of Final Appeal where he provided assistance to the judges in substantive appeals, leave applications, and various publications.
John also worked as an intern at the Office of the President in the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, where he assisted in the cases of both the Mechanism and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
John completed his Bachelor of Laws degree at University College London as the top graduate of his class. He then obtained his postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree at the University of Oxford with distinction.
John is developing a broad civil practice and has been instructed in cases relating to judicial review/human rights, civil fraud, arbitrations, injunctions, securities and regulation, and disciplinary proceedings. He has appeared before the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. He accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.
ZN v Secretary for Justice (2020) 23 HKCFAR 15 (led by Lord Pannick QC, Stewart Wong SC, and Jin Pao SC) – whether BOR 4 includes a prohibition against human trafficking and imposes a duty of specific criminalisation
Leung Kwok Hung v Commissioner of Correctional Services (2020) 23 HKCFAR 456 (led by Stewart Wong SC and Jin Pao SC) – whether gender-based appearance codes in prison are discriminatory
Chan Ka Lam v The Country and Marine Parks Authority (2020) 23 HKCFAR 414 (led by Abraham Chan SC, with Keith Lam) – statutory interpretation and the duty to consult under s.5(1)(b) of the Country Parks Ordinance
Nick Infinger v Hong Kong Housing Authority [2020] 1 HKLRD 1188 (CFI); CACV 81/2020 (led by Abraham Chan SC) – whether excluding same-sex couples from public rental housing is discriminatory
Ng Hon Lam Edgar, Li Yik Ho v Hong Kong Housing Authority CACV 362/2021 (led by Abraham Chan SC) – whether the addition and transfer policies in respect of Home Ownership Scheme flats are discriminatory for excluding same-sex couples
Siti Khotimah & Reza Sahin v Director of Immigration [2022] 2 HKLRD 54 (led by Abraham Chan SC; appearing as amicus curiae) – jurisdiction of the CFI to make restricted proceedings order restricting appeals
Royal Billion Investment Limited v Town Planning Board HCAL 1916/2018 (led by Yvonne Cheng SC) – concerning the Board’s determination of a s.12A application
Junior Police Officers’ Association of the Hong Kong Police Force and Anor v Electoral Affairs Commission, Chief Electoral Officer and Electoral Registration Officer HCAL 3042/2019; [2020] 3 HKLRD 39 (CA) (led by Abraham Chan SC, with Tony Ko) – whether the public disclosure of electors’ linked names and addresses is a breach of privacy
Kwok Cheuk Kin and Leung Kwok Hung v President of the Legislative Council for and on behalf of the Legislative Council HCAL 1094 and 1120/2017 (led by Benjamin Yu SC, Abraham Chan SC, with Danny Tang) – whether the quorum requirement in BL 75(1) is applicable to a meeting of a committee of the whole Council
Advising in a judicial review concerning the use of letters of no consent under s.25A of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance (led by Abraham Chan SC, with Timothy Parker)
X v Y [2021] 2 HKC 68 (led by Bernard Man SC, with Justin Ho) – resisting enforcement of a Taiwan award on jurisdictional and procedural fairness grounds
Z v R HCCT 11/2021 (led by Victor Joffe QC, with Justin Ho) – defending an award in a s.81 AO application to set aside under procedural fairness grounds
HCCT 42/2019 (led by Paul Shieh SC) – acting against a sovereign state in a s.34 AO review of an investor-State jurisdictional award involving the interpretation of a bilateral investment treaty under public international law
LY v HW HCCT 96/2021 (led by Benjamin Yu SC, Bernard Man SC) – infra petita challenge
HKIAC / PA19116 (led by Eva Sit SC) – HKIAC arbitration on a complex PRC tenancy dispute
HKIAC / 20054 (led by Victor Dawes SC) – mounting a jurisdictional challenge in a construction arbitration dispute
Advising on several refusal of enforcement and setting aside proceedings
Advising on issues of Hong Kong contract law for Singaporean arbitral proceedings
Hsin Chong Construction Company Ltd (In Liquidation) v Build King Construction Limited (2021) 24 HKCFAR 98 (led by Charles Manzoni SC)
Hsin Chong Construction Company Ltd (In Provisional Liquidation) v Build King Construction Limited [2020] 1 HKLRD 316 (CA) (led by Linda Chan SC) – on the anti-deprivation principle, the pari passu principle, and the scope of s.182 C(WUMP)O
Re ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services Ltd HCCW 368/2021 (led by Victor Joffe SC, with Justin Ho) – resisting winding-up petition involving issues of subrogation and collateral purposes
Re ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services Ltd (Companies Winding-up: additional evidence) [2022] 3 HKLRD 4 (led by Victor Joffe) – applicable principles for filing additional evidence
Koo Ming Kown, Murakami Tadao v Commissioner of Inland Revenue (2022) 25 HKCFAR 233 (led by Eugene Fung SC; appearing as amicus curiae) – liability of corporate officers for additional tax assessment for signing on corporate taxpayer’s incorrect returns under s.82A(1)(a) IRO
China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited v Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2022] 5 HKLRD 666 (led by Kevin Prosser KC and Eugene Fung SC) – whether lump sum “spectrum utilisation fees” paid upfront by the taxpayer to the Telecommunications Authority is capital or revenue expenditure for the purpose of s.17(1)(c) IRO
Re ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services Ltd [2021] 4 HKLRD 559 (led by Victor Joffe QC, with Justin Ho) – s.729 Cap 622 statutory injunction and committal for contempt
China Shanshui Cement Group Limited & Ors v Zhang Caikui & Ors HCA 2880/2015 (led by Raymond Leung SC) – trial reserved for 41 days concerning breach of directors’ duties and unlawful means conspiracy
Hui Chun Ping v Hui Kau Mo HCA 2653/2018 (led by Bernard Man SC) – amendment of pleadings and limitation issues
HKIAC/PA19158 (led by Victor Joffe KC, SC, with Justin Ho) – validity of expert determination
Advising on various matters including unfair prejudice petitions, shareholders disputes, derivative actions, contempt proceedings, general commercial and contractual disputes
Advising on email fraud claims involving asset-tracing and third-party liabilities, including applying for injunctions and disclosure orders
DP Properties Ltd v E Cube Club (Tsuen Wan) Ltd HCA 2003/2017 (led by Eva Sit SC)
Choi Chi Kin, Calvin v SFC SFAT 4/2022 – review of the SFC’s determination under ss.194 and 196 SFO (led by Laurence Li SC)
Advising on suitability for listing (led by Laurence Li SC)
Advising on application to vary SFC restriction notices (led by Laurence Li SC)
Advising on classification as collective investment schemes (led by Laurence Li SC)
Advising on securities margin financing (led by Laurence Li SC)
Advising on a judicial review application against the HKEx’s decision to suspend trading of a listed issuer’s shares and commence delisting procedure (led by Laurence Li SC)
Andrew Edward Left v Securities and Futures Commission (2020) 23 HKCFAR 280 (led by Laurence Li SC)
Centre Chase Investment Ltd中紀投資有限公司 v International Industrial Building, Castle Peak Road (IO)青山道國際工業大廈業主立案法團 [2021] 5 HKLRD 457 (CA) (led by Abraham Chan SC)
Acted for an insurer in disciplinary proceedings before the Insurance Agents Registration Board, Cases No. C17/806/JC & C17/1184/JC (led by Jin Pao SC) – on issues of apparent authority and natural justice
Email: | jleung@templechambers.com |
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Tel: | (+852) 2523 2003 |
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Name: | Aki Lee |
Email: | aki@templechambers.com |
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Judicial Assistant at the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong (2018)
Reporter for the Oxford Reports on International Law (2015 - 2019)
Associate Editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (2015)
PCLL, Chinese University of Hong Kong
BCL, University of Oxford (Distinction) (Magdalen College)
LLB (Hons), University College London (First Class Honours, Top of Class)
J. Leung and S.Y. Wong, ‘Subrogation and Unjust Enrichment in the Supreme Court’ (2016) 3 LMCLQ 337
Middle Temple Scholarship for Advocacy Training, London
The Bar Scholarship
Champion of the Shearman & Sterling University of Oxford Moot Competition
The Law Faculty Prize in International Commercial Arbitration
The Planethood Foundation Prize in International Criminal Law
The Oxford Meron Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) Internship Fund
Magdalen College Award for BCL Distinction
The Andrews Medal & Prize for Top of LLB Class
The Dean’s List, Faculty of Laws
The International Corporate Rescue Prize for Company Law
The Cheng Tien-Hsi Prize for Public International Law
The Hurst Prize for Best Performance in LLB Second Year
UCL Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship for Excellence
Best Performance in Tort Law
Honourable Mention for the Pieter Sanders Award in the Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
Finalist and Runner-up of the Cambridge University International Criminal Court Moot Competition
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship for Overseas Studies
Hong Kong University Graduates Association Education Foundation Outstanding Student Award
English, Cantonese, Putonghua