Silks
Paul W T Shieh SCRonny Tong, GBS, QC, SC, JPRuy Barretto SCWong Yan-Lung SCJat Sew-Tong, SBS, SC, JPRimsky Yuen, GBM, SC, JPStewart K M Wong SCEugene Fung SCCharles Manzoni KC, SCRaymond Leung SCVictor Dawes SCBernard Man SCRichard Khaw SCAlexander Stock SCAbraham Chan SCJin Pao SCEva Sit SCLaurence Li SCJonathan Chang SCLaw Man-Chung SCSara Tong SCVictor Joffe KC, SCAnthony Chan SCMike S K Lui SCCharles Hollander KC (England & Wales)Deepak Nagpal KC (England & Wales)Winston Poon SCJuniors
Douglas Jones Robin McLeish Grace Chow Elizabeth Y Cheung Wilson Leung Queenie Lau Zabrina S Y Lau Janet W Y Ho Keith Lam Julian Lam Bonnie Y K Cheng Justin Ho Bianca Yu Andrea Yu Val Chow Martin Ho James Man Theresa Chow Thomas Wong Astina Au Byron Chiu Joshua Chan Danny Tang Sheena Wong Peter Dong Harrison Miao Victor Lui Jennifer Fan Natalie So Brian Lee Esther Mak John Leung Eugene Kwan Jonathan Ng Keith Chan Zenith Chan John Cheung John C K Chan Adrian Kwan Cedric Yeung Jonathan Fung Sik Chee-Ching Cristian Tsang Ian Yu Louis Cheng Alexander BurgArbitrators / Mediators
Geoffrey Ma Matthew Gearing KC (England & Wales)Ng Jern-Fei KC (England & Wales)
Queenie Lau
| (Mediator CV) Call: 2008 (HK) |
Profile
Queenie Lau is described by Chambers and Partners 2023 as “an excellent advocate” and “an outstanding junior counsel. She is probably the best in her rank. She is always hard-working and responsive. She is versatile and has solid knowledge in various areas of law.” Legal 500 2023 also describes Queenie as “great all round… She never fails to impress.”
Queenie has a broad, predominantly civil, practice which includes commercial law, securities and regulatory matters, banking, company law, land law, conveyancing, building management, professional negligence, employment law, family law, defamation, probate and commercial fraud.
Queenie qualified as a CEDR accredited mediator in March 2009 and as an accredited mediator on the HKIAC’s Panel of General Mediators in November 2009. She has conducted around 100 mediations (using English, Cantonese and/or Putonghua).
Queenie has also advised as Counsel in mediation matters and acted as mediation advocate in mediations. In particular, she has acted as mediation advocate in the second to fourth days of a four-day mediation.
In October 2021, Queenie sat as a Master in the Judiciary’s Case Settlement Conference pilot scheme. Queenie has also given demonstrations in several CEDR mediation courses, a CEDR mediation advocacy course and other mediation practice sessions organised by CEDR. Further, she has been a Part-Time Lecturer in respect of a mediation course run by the University of Hong Kong’s Department of Professional Legal Education.
Appointments And Public Office
Temporary Deputy Registrar, District Court – Mediation Master in Case Settlement Conference pilot scheme (October 2021)
Temporary Deputy Registrar, High Court (Oct. 2018; Sept. 2019; May 2021; July 2023)
Hong Kong Bar Association
Member, Bar Council (Jan. 2011 to Jan. 2014)
Chairman, Young Barristers Committee (2011)
Member, Special Committee on Companies Law (2011 to 2012)
Member, Special Committee on Code of Conduct (2010 to 2019)
Member, Special Committee on Practice Promotion (2008 to 2015)
Member, Special Committee on Civic Education (2009 – 2010)
University of Hong Kong
PCLL Course: Assessor for the Commercial Dispute Resolution Advocacy Assessment (various); Part-Time Lecturer for mediation exercise (various)
Other
Part-time Member, Central Policy Unit, Government of the HKSAR (2012)
Non-executive Director, Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (2022 to present)
Deputy Chairman, Administrative Appeals Board (2022 to present)
Deputy Chairman, Private Columbaria Appeal Board (2023 to present)
Deputy Chairman, Toys and Children’s Products Safety Appeal Board Panel (2022 to present)
Member of the Management Committee, Consumer Legal Action Fund (2015 to 2021)
Member of the Consumer Protection Law & Policy Committee (2022 to present) and Preliminary Working Group on Class Actions (2018 to 2022), Consumer Council
Member, Disciplinary Panel A of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2013 to 2019)
Member, Licensing Appeals Board (2012 to 2017)
Member, Transport Tribunals’ Panel (2012 to 2018)
Member, HKSAR Passport Appeals Board (2012 to 2018)
Steering Committee on Mediation: Member, Regulatory Framework & Accreditation Sub-committee (2021); Member, Regulatory Sub-committee (2012 to 2017, 2019); Member, Accreditation Sub-committee, Steering Committee on Mediation (2017 to 2019)
Member, Eastern District Fight Crime Committee (2012 to 2018)
Member of Board of Governors, The Prince Philip Dental Hospital (2017 to 2023)
Member, Pharmacists Sub-group, Steering Committee on Strategic Review on Healthcare Manpower Planning and Professional Development (2012 to 2017)
Member, Advisory Panel on Vetting of Amusement Games / Machines (2012 to 2018)
Member, 11th and 12th Committees of the All-China Youth Federation (中華全國青年聯合會第十一及十二屆委員會委員) (2010 to 2020)
Education
MA, University of Cambridge
BA (Hons) in Law, University of Cambridge
Scholarship And Prizes
Middle Temple Society Scholarship
Represented Hong Kong in the LAWASIA Moot on Intellectual Property– Champion team, Best Mooter
Lizette Bentwich Prize (for academic performance), awarded by Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Jardine Scholarship (full scholarship for undergraduate studies at University of Cambridge)
Contact
| Email: | qlau@templechambers.com |
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| Tel: | (+852) 2523 2003 |
Secretary | |
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| Name: | Yvonne Yim |
| Email: | yyim@templechambers.com |
| Tel: | (+852) 2248 1881 |
languages
Fluent in Cantonese, Putonghua and English