About Teresa
Teresa leads a mixed 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 regularly prosecutes as fiat counsel or defends in criminal proceedings from plea bargaining to bail applications, trials and appeals. Her criminal practice ranges from summary offences to, inter alia, drug offences, sexual offences, road traffic offences, offences of dishonesty (e.g. conspiracy to defraud) and bribery, manslaughter and national security.
For civil matters, Teresa has conducted interlocutory applications (e.g. summary judgment, default judgment, striking-out and injunction) up to trials and appeals. Her breadth of experience covers primarily land, trust, commercial and contract, company and tort (e.g. personal injury, fatal accident, defamation and nuisance). She has also advised on regulatory compliance of companies in Hong Kong.
Teresa is proficient in Cantonese, English and Putonghua.
Selected Cases
- HKSAR v NG Gordon Ching-hang & Ors (HCCC 69/2022) – National Security Law: Conspiracy to subvert
- HKSAR v SHEK Ka Chun (HCCC 351/2018) – Manslaughter by mentally incapacitated person
- Winland Finance Limited v Gain Hero Finance Limited (FACV 5/2021) – Final appeal re title and Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128)
- Yeung Wai Tong v Srikornvit Pranee & Ors (HCA 2170/2015) – Adverse possession
- Wang Rongan v Silver International Investment Limited & Ors (HCA 1425/2015) – Trust: Company shares / Conflict of Laws
- Luk Wing Kwan v The Personal Representative of the Estate of Poon Siu Mei, deceased & Anor (DCCJ 5666/2019) – Trust: Beneficial ownership in property
- Wong Shing v Cheung Hing (DCCJ 1567/2018) – Defamation
Publications
Contributing Editor to:
- Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong 2024, Juries (Vol. 34(1)) & Judicial Review (Vol. 34(1))
- Hong Kong Civil Procedure (Hong Kong White Book), 2022 - present, Order 44 & Order 70
- Online Employment Practical Guidance platform of LexisNexis, 2021
Education
- P.C.LL., Chinese University of Hong Kong
- LL.B., Chinese University of Hong Kong