Lareina J. Chan

• Lecturer, PCLL Civil Advocacy (Small Group Tutorials), Department of Professional Legal Education, University of Hong Kong (Sep 2019 – Present)
• Member, Committee on Family Law (CFamL), HK Bar Association (Mar 2019 – Present)
• Member, Standing Committee on Legal Education, HK Bar Association (Mar 2019 – Present)
• Member, Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) (Nov 2018 – Present)
• Member, Standing Committee on Practice Development, HK Bar Association (Jun 2018 – Present)
• Advocacy Trainer, Hong Kong Advocacy Training Council (Jan 2018 – Present)
• Executive Committee Member, Hong Kong Family Law Association (Member since 2015) (Nov 2017 – Present)
• Vice-Chairman, Standing Committee on Young Barristers, HK Bar Association (Mar 2017 – Feb 2019)
• Secretary, Standing Committee on Young Barristers, HK Bar Association (Mar 2016 – Mar 2017)
• Member, Bar Council of the Hong Kong Bar Association (under Winnie Tam SC) (Jan 2016 – Jan 2017)
• Member, Task Force on Continuing Professional Development (CPD), HK Bar Association (Oct 2015 – Jan 2017)
• Member, Task Force on Hong Kong Bar Code of Conduct and Registered Foreign Lawyers Advising on & Practising in Hong Kong, HK Bar Association (Oct 2015 – Jan 2017)
• Member, Hong Kong Competition Association (2015 – Present)
• Member, Middle Temple Society in Hong Kong (2015 – Present)
• Member, Standing Committee on Welfare and Sports, HK Bar Association (2015 – 2018)

• Middle Temple Scholarship for Advocacy Training (London, United Kingdom) (2015)

Family Law

• Re Estate of LKL, Deceased (FCMP 86/2019) (FC).  Application for financial provision under Cap 481.
• AVLDL v. RJW (FCMC 4941/2016) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings and children’s matters.
• WWK v. WWH (FCMC 6552/2018) (FC).  Children’s matters.
• GC v. LWMI (FCMC 11066/2019) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• LSSK v. CC (FCMC 6653/2019) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings and children’s matters.
• GKLJ v. WE (formerly known as WFYE) (FCMC 16521/2015) (FC).  Children’s matters.
• WW v. LPQ (formerly known as LLN & LSM) (FCMC 4996/2018 transferred to FCMC 8485/2019) (FC) & (CAMP 237/2019, CACV 524/2019) (CA). Ancillary relief proceedings, and Appeal to Court of Appeal relating to litigation funding.
• TKCC v. CCWI (FCMC 15101/2018) (FC) (with Jeremy S.K. Chan).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• JKH v. AH (also known as ACLL) (FCMC 3529/2018) (FC).  Children’s matters.
• LNMC v. LYCS (FCMC 7588/2018 transferred to FCMC 7889/2019) (FC).  Children’s matters.
• KMS v. CHJC (FCMC 13728/2017) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• SSLT v. SMFC (FCMC 11056/2017) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• LSHC v. CMNA (FCMC 14122/2014) (FC).  Children’s matters; variation of access.
• SRA (née NAD) v. RPA (FCMC 14417/2017) (FC).  Application under section 17 of the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap 192).
• CSY v. CPK (FCMC 7235/2015) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• KHT v. HMC (FCMC 9974/2014, 30 November 2017) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• LWFV v. TCY (FCMC 4046/2016) (FC).  Defended petition.
• NSK v. WYK (FCMC 7469/2017) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• PJB v. MLE (FCMC 7114/2017) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• AWK also known as AWKY v. MLTH also known as MTH (HCMC 2/2016) (CFI) (led by Russell Coleman SC, as he then was).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• CKF v. LHL (FCMC 17031/2014, 28 October 2016) (FC).  Application for restoration of injunction summons, committal proceedings, contempt of Court
• HHH v. SWM (FCMC 15225/2015, 8 April 2016) (FC).  Application for maintenance pending suit, judgment summons.
• WSMP v. BKRM (FCMC 9724/2015) (FC).  Application for interim injunction.
• LPC v. CHY (FCMC 15250/2013) (FC).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• PAMDV v. CYKA (HCMC 1/2014) (CFI) (led by Russell Coleman SC, as he then was, and with Jeremy S.K. Chan).  Ancillary relief proceedings.
• TJCJ v. HDCK & Others (FCMC 7332/2013, 17 April 2015) (FC) (led by Russell Coleman SC, as he then was).  Trial of preliminary issues in context of ancillary relief proceedings.

White-Collar Crime

• HKSAR v. Mak Kwong Yiu (D1), Chan Lai Yee (D2), Wong Shuk On (D3), Lee Yick Ming (D4) (DCCC 657/2019) (DC).  Conspiracy to Defraud & Fraud
• HKSAR v. Chen Boliang (ESCC 806/2020) (on Committal to High Court). Obtaining Access to Computer with Dishonest Intent, Theft, Fraud (Cryptocurrencies)
• HKSAR v. Cho Kwai-chee (D1), Chan Lai-yee (D2), Tan Ye-kai, Byron (D3) (DCCC 678/2019) (DC) (led by Martin Hui SC and with Vivian Wong). Conspiracy to Defraud & False Statement by Company Directors

Company / Commercial Law

• Huobi Asia Ltd & Huobi Global Ltd v. Chen Boliang & Chen Feng (HCA 415/2020) (CFI)
• Li Wei Hong v. Pang Guei Hua & Others (HCA 494/2018, 6 April 2018) [2018] HKCFI 894 (CFI)
• On Benefit Limited & Another v. H.M. Chan Limited (DCCJ 1230/2018) (DC)
• Discovery Learning Academy Holdings Ltd. v. Bright Investment Planning Ltd.; Bright Investment Planning Ltd. v. Golden Gate International Kindergarten and Nursery Ltd. (HCA 1440/2015 & HCA 1476/2015, heard together) (CFI).
• Tsang Hoi Wah Ava, Deceased & Another v. Bancka Limited (HCMP 1427/2017) [2017] 5 HKLRD 562 (CFI).  Application under section 570 Companies Ordinance (Cap 622) for convening of extraordinary general meeting of company to appoint director following death of sole director and sole shareholder; commencing and carrying on proceedings prior to letters of administration or probate having been obtained.
• New World TMT Limited v. Hong Kong Money Exchange Limited (HCMP 115/2015) (CFI).
• Eton Solutions Limited v. Lau Hoi Chin & Another (HCA 999/2016) (CFI)
• Yang Liancheng & Zhang Fangrui v. Chow Pak Wah Oliver (HCA 2698/2015) (CFI).
• Re Global Eco Resource Limited (HCCW 281/2014 & HCCW 372/2014) (CFI).  Unfair prejudice petition under section 724(1) Companies Ordinance (Cap 622) and section 177(1)(f) Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap 32).
• Re He-He International Holdings Development Limited (HCMP 2148/2014) (CFI).

Mental Health

• Re FKS (HCMH 40/2020) (HC).  Application under Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap 136); inquiry under section 10 MHO, appointment of Committee under section 11 MHO.

Medical Negligence

• Lam Wing Hei (a minor suing by her mother and next friend Lam Tsz Kiu) & Another v. Hospital Authority (HCPI 1129/2015, 28 May 2018) [2018] HKCFI 1167 (CFI) (led by Russell Coleman SC, as he then was).  Application to strike-out baby’s claim; whether cause of action based on wrongful life and wrongful suffering recognised under Hong Kong law (appeal to the Court of Appeal in CACV 115/2018, led by Richard Khaw SC).

Land Law

• Poon Kwan Lun v. Wong Yu Kin (HCA 1179/2015) (CFI) (led by Jonathan Chang, now Jonathan Chang SC).  Adverse possession, and application for interim injunction.
• Shum Hing Siu Philip (as manager) and Others v. Shum Hing Cheung (DCCJ 4209/2018) (DC).  New Territories land, tong / tso, trespass to land.

Lectures and Talks

• Speaker, “Volatile & Risky Matrimonial Assets: Strategies on Dealing with Fluctuating Values and Varying Risk Appetites”, Haldanes (8 Dec 2023)
• Speaker, “Family Law Enforcement: Unless Orders”, RKS Rita Ku & Ser (24 Feb 2023)
• Speaker, “Cross-Border Reciprocal Enforcement in Matrimonial & Family Cases”, Howse Williams (16 Nov, 2022)
• Speaker, “Cryptocurrencies & Cryptoassets in Matrimonial Proceedings”, RKS Rita Ku & Ser (24 Jun 2022)
• Contributing Author, “Annotated Ordinances of Hong Kong – Bills of Exchange Ordinance (Cap 19), LexisNexis (Sep 2022 – Present)
• Speaker, “Breaking the (Block)Chain: Divorce & Cryptoassets”, Charles Russell Speechlys & PwC (17 Feb, 2022)
• Speaker, “Remote Hearings & Virtual FDR”, Committee on Family Law, HK Bar Association (Jul 2021)
• Speaker, “Family Law Practice & Procedure: First Appointment Hearings”, Committee on Family Law, HK Bar Association (Sep 2019)
• Speaker, “Family Law Procedure: Domestic Violence”, Committee on Family Law, HK Bar Association (Jun 2019)
• Contributing Author, LexisNexis Practical Guidance – Private Client (Ancillary Relief) (Mar 2019 – Present)
• Speaker, “Can barristers be directly instructed to advise on taxation issues? How best to collaborate between barristers and tax practitioners?” (organised by the Taxation Institute of Hong Kong) (Dec 2018)
• Speaker, “Topical Issues on Contentious Probate & Administration of Estates” (Sep 2017)
• Speaker, “Crowdfunding and its Regulation in Hong Kong: Room for Inertia?” 2015 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference (published in August 2017) (Nov 2015)

Professional Delegations and Visits

• Representative of the HK Bar Association, “Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong: Consultation Paper on Causing or Allowing the Death or Serious Harm of a Child or Vulnerable Adult”, Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services, Hong Kong Legislative Council (May 2019)
• Hong Kong Bar Association Delegation to Basic Law Conference in Shenzhen, China (led by former Chairmen Winnie Tam SC and Paul Lam SC) (May 2019)
• Legal Symposium for 73^rd “Judicial Day” (jointly hosted by the Taiwan Bar Association, the Taiwan Judicial Yuan and the Taipei Ministry of Justice) in Taipei, Taiwan (Jan 2018)
• Hong Kong Bar Association Official Delegation to Beijing, China (led by former Chairman, Paul Lam SC) (Jun 2017)
• Hong Kong Bar Association Official Delegation to World Bar Conference 2016, in Edinburgh, Scotland (Apr 2016)
• 30^th Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference 2015, in London, United Kingdom (Oct 2015)