On 16th March 2023, Martin W H Wong and Robin Egerton attended the international promotional campaign “Resolve2Win a delegation of Legal Services of Hong Kong, Opportunities for All”, in Bangkok, Thailand. The event was led by The Deputy Secretary for Justice, Mr Cheung Kwok-kwan, with 30 Hong Kong legal professionals…
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PARKSIDE CHAMBERS is a leading set of barristers’ chambers in Hong Kong. It comprises a group of over 40 independent practitioners who handle a wide range of litigation, arbitration and advisory matters.
Members from diverse backgrounds are experienced in many fields of the law, including civil and commercial litigation, alternative dispute resolution, family law, criminal litigation and administrative and public law.
First CPD seminar hosted at Parkside Chambers by Peter Barnes
27 March 2023
On 23rd March 2023, Parkside Chambers organized the first CPD seminar, presented by Peter Barnes from Parkside Chambers and Caroline McNally from Gall on the topic of “Anatomy of the show cause regime (including Crossley applications)”. The topics covered included: “Show Cause” as a device in court proceedings Court’s function…
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Frederick Chan and Dexter Leung conduct trilingual CPD series on Chinese Arbitration Hearings
16 March 2023
On 15 March 2023, Frederick Chan and Dexter Leung conducted the second part of the trilingual series of “Conducting HKIAC Arbitration Hearings in Chinese – The Nuts and Bolts” at a CPD seminar at Dentons.
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Ernest Ng and Toby Brown share their insights on Asset Recovery, Civil Fraud and Injunction at Haldanes’ CPD Seminar
10 March 2023
On 3 March 2023, Ernest Ng and Toby Brown shared their insights on the topic of “Asset Recovery – From Injunction to Enforcement” at a CPD seminar at Haldanes.
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Members recognised in Chambers and Partners 2023
17 February 2023
We are pleased to announce our members are recognised in Chambers and Partners – Greater China Region 2023.
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Parkside Chambers furthers its established high rankings in The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2023
13 January 2023
Parkside Chambers makes a confident showing with a number of members featuring among Leading Silks, Leading Juniors and Rising Stars across different practice areas.
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Successful Defence in Common Intention Constructive Trust and Proprietary Estoppel Claims
22 February 2023
Jonathan Ah-weng and Bernard Lam, instructed by Boase Cohen Collins, successfully resisted claims based on common intention constructive trust, resulting trust and estoppel, for beneficial title in two properties. The team also succeeded in counterclaims for mesne profits.
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ANZ wins US$296m in damages over commodity trading fraud
13 February 2023
Derek J Y Chan, instructed by Holman Fenwick Willan, acted for the Plaintiff, ANZ Commodity Trading Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Limited, in a claim against 10 defendants concerning a commodity trading fraud. The action involved the forgery of 83 warehouse receipts, proprietary claims…
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In criminal proceedings, where a jury is discharged, can the Defendant seek costs?
27 January 2023
The Court of Final Appeal has granted leave to appeal in HKSAR v Chen Keen (Alias Jack Chen) (陳克恩) [2023] HKCFA 2 on the basis that (i) there are reasonably arguable points of law of great and general importance, and (ii) it is reasonably arguable that substantial and grave injustice…
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Court of Appeal allows appeal against the penalty imposed on a professor for plagiarism
20 January 2023
Mark Strachan SC, KC leading Jeffrey Chau appeared for the Appellant, Professor Chan, against the Research Grants Council concerning its finding that there was plagiarism in Professor Chan’s research proposal and the penalty imposed on him.
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Materially Duplicitous Action against ListCo Struck Out
9 January 2023
Ivy Ho represented hmvod Limited (stock code: 8103).
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Toyota Boshoku Europe NV: Guidance on the Court’s Approach to Assessment of Evidence on a bona fide Purchaser Claim at the Interlocutory Stage
22 November 2022
Toby Brown and Jeremy Yau represented Toyota in a large scale fraud case in which proprietary together with “top up” Mareva injunction orders were obtained against 48 defendants.
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