Family and private client
Leading Juniors
Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.
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Bonnie Cheng
Temple Chambers ‘Bonnie is meticulous, analytical, and hard working. She has excellent drafting skills and is very sound in law.'
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Azan Marwah
Pantheon Chambers 'Azan is a reliable barrister most suited for complex and high-conflict divorce matters. He has a calming presence for emotional clients and is able to deconstruct complex legal technicalities into laymen terms, and while advocating for the client, his approach is always fair and non-inflammatory.’
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Robin Egerton
Parkside Chambers 'Robin is excellent at handling difficult clients and judges. He is unfailingly polite and manages to sooth frayed tempers and bring matters back to the relevant issues, and he does not allow himself to be sidetracked by unnecessary drama, especially in court.'
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Corinne Remedios
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Giles Surman
Plowman Chambers2
Theresa Chow
Temple Chambers ‘Theresa is absolutely a leading junior in the family law field. Extremely knowledgeable in family law and practice, a very effective advocate, fearless, conscientious, and unflustered at all times.'
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Kerby Lau
Des Voeux Chambers 'Kerby is fast in picking up the legal issues of a matter and giving digest of the legal issues. His preparation for hearings is thorough and he is meticulous in addressing the court on the legal issues; he reacts accurately to the questions from court and responds swiftly to the opponent's submission.'
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Joyce Leung
Rede Chambers ‘Joyce is strong in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the matter at hand, and she is thus always able to focus on strategy and give insightful advice accordingly. One particular strength is her ability to establish good rapport with the clients and gain their confidence, and her legal work is invariably of a very high quality.'
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Ronald Pang
Pantheon Chambers 'Ronald has shown his ability to express himself in plain and simple language, enabling both the court and the clients to easily understand the issues of a case, and he is always prepared to think outside the box to deal with the special needs of the clients.'
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Jonathan Ah-Weng
Parkside Chambers ‘Jonathan is very hands-on, thorough and pragmatic, and can usually provide some very useful and practical advice to lay client in resolving matters. In terms of advocacy, his approach is very practical, and he is firm but not aggressive, which makes it easier to extract information from witnesses.'
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Lareina J. Chan
Parkside Chambers 'Lareina is a person who looks into the details of each and every fact of the case and she is good at meeting the tight deadlines of demanding clients. The quality of her work has improved a lot over the years and her native English has made her stand out when she makes submissions in court.'
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Jeffrey Li
Parkside Chambers 'Jeffrey makes strong and succinct arguments that are extremely clear and easy to understand and he is very persuasive in court without being aggressive. He has great cross-examination skills where he can catch a person being dishonest or inconsistent easily.'
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
Joshua Chan
Temple Chambers ‘Joshua is a bright and hardworking junior. He is very thorough in his legal research and his advice is always to the point and practical.’
Vivien Leung
Denis Chang’s Chambers ‘Vivien has a strong presence in court and does not shy away from a battle. She has never been intimidated by an opponent or witness and she is meticulous, having covered the key points in cross-examinations and re-examinations.’
Abel Lam
Sir Oswald Cheung's Chambers ‘Abel is a very impressive and pleasant barrister. A very enthusiastic and a pro-active team player, his commitment and dedication to work is of a high degree and his writing style and intellect is also commendable.’