John Litton KC
Des Voeux ChambersNoted for its ‘high quality commercial and construction advice to clients’, the construction and property offering at Des Voeux Chambers pursues a variety of commercial construction disputes involving local and international parties, including those pertaining to residential developments, cultural centres and other projects. This is a key area of John Scott SC, who is often retained in high-value construction arbitrations. Calvin Cheuk is a leading junior in matters where claim quantum is in contention, such as the recent Hengfei Holdings Ltd v Duiba Group Ltd case, in which conversion and loss of profits were in dispute. Jonathan Chan is retained in several high-profile construction disputes involving commercial properties, while Kaiser Leung oversees several high-value infrastructure-related cases. Tommy Cheung is active in several cases that reach the appellate level, including Centre Chase Investment Ltd v International Industrial Building (Castle Peak Road) (IO), which was a novel dispute concerning building management with issues involving the introduction of new evidence at appeal stage.
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Testimonials
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- 'Des Voeux Chambers is a well-established and very reputable chambers in Hong Kong and provides high quality commercial and construction advice to client. '
- 'Des Voeux Chambers is one of the leading Chambers which is particularly strong in dealing with construction disputes.'
- 'The best set of construction practice in Hong Kong.'
- 'Des Voeux Chambers is the go-to set for construction disputes.'
- 'They have a wide variety of Counsel that meet the needs of clients.'
- 'The chambers is one of the most reputable sets in Hong Kong.'
Silks
Leading Silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Anthony Houghton SC
Des Voeux ChambersIan Pennicott SC
Des Voeux ChambersJohn Scott SC
Des Voeux Chambers 'John is a very experienced construction barrister. On top of his impressive depth of knowledge in construction law, he is also very familiar with practices of the industry and was able to provide valuable insights and advices on strategies to achieve the best outcomes for the client.'
Simon Westbrook SC
Des Voeux ChambersJuniors
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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Calvin Cheuk
Des Voeux Chambers ‘Calvin was very responsive and able to distil issues quickly. He was also able to effectively advocate in Mandarin Chinese.
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Kaiser Leung
Des Voeux Chambers ‘Very hard working and good attention to technical problems. Excelled all round barrister.’
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Jonathan Chan
Des Voeux Chambers ‘Jonathan is a very hardworking junior.He is always eager to provide his view on any issues which come up. Jonathan is also very good at spotting potential issues which instructing solicitors may wish to flag and advise the lay client, which is particularly helpful.’
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Tommy Cheung
Des Voeux Chambers ‘He is an outstanding barrister with a level of competence well beyond his years of call. His profound knowledge in the law, strong commercial sense and effective advocacy have been proven to be invaluable and strategically beneficial.’