Teresa L.M. Leung
Teresa was admitted to the Bar in 2018. She leads a general practice. She has appeared either as a sole advocate or a led junior counsel in the Court of Final Appeal, Court of Appeal, High Court, District Court and the Magistrates’ Courts.
Teresa’s criminal practice ranges from legal visits, plea bargains, bail applications and mitigations to trials and appeals. She has represented clients in cases of, inter alia, criminal damage, drug offences, road traffic offences, offences of dishonesty (including conspiracy to defraud), sexual offences and manslaughter.
For civil matters, Teresa’s breadth of experience covers land, contract, company, coroner’s court hearings, insolvency, bankruptcy, tort, labour, trust and probate. She has worked on interlocutory applications involving, inter alia, summary judgment, default judgment, striking-out, injunctions and jurisdictional disputes. She regularly renders advice on personal injury cases and has also been instructed to provide expert opinion on regulatory compliance of companies in Hong Kong.
Teresa is on the Legal Aid Panel and regularly provides pro bono advice under the Free Legal Advice Scheme of the Duty Lawyer Service.
Teresa has been an annual contributing editor of Hong Kong Civil Procedure (Hong Kong White Book) since the 2022 edition and was the online Employment Practical Guidance platform of LexisNexis in 2021.
Teresa is fluent in English, Cantonese and Putonghua.
Selected Cases
National Security Law: Conspiracy to Commit Subversion
HKSAR v NG Gordon Ching-hang & Ors, HCCC 69/2022
Manslaughter; Mentally Handicapped Defendant
HKSAR v Shek Ka Chun [2019] HKCFI 1323; and [2019] HKCFI 1993
Land: Title / Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128)
Winland Finance Limited v Gain Hero Finance Limited [2021] HKCA 576; and [2022] HKCFA 3
Fraudulent Misrepresentation
Simply Power Limited & Ors v Billy Chua & Ors [2023] HKCFI 944
Adverse Possession
Yeung Wai Tong v Srikornvit Pranee & Ors [2022] HKCFI 606
Trust: Company Shares; Conflict of Laws
Wang Rongan v Silver International Investment Limited & Ors [2022] HKCFI 2586
Trust: Beneficial Ownership of Property
Luk Wing Kwan v The Personal Representative of the Estate of Poon Siu Mei, deceased & Anor [2021] HKDC 1399
Defamation
Wong Shing v Cheung Hing [2021] HKDC 1438
Objection to Application for Video-link Evidence
Wang Rongan v Silver International Investment Limited & Ors [2021] HKCFI 3198
Teresa L.M. Leung
Tel: (+852) 2521-5544
Fax: (+852) 2524-5912
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Called to the Bar: Hong Kong 2018
Education:
- Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Bachelor of Laws, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Practice Area(s):
Administrative and Public, Company and Securities, Commercial and Contract, Coroner's Court Hearings, Criminal Defence and Prosecution, Disciplinary Proceedings, Employment and Labour, Land, Personal Injury, Tort, Wills & Probate