About Toni
Toni attained her Juris Doctor degree and Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She then pursued Master of Law from the University of Cambridge. She is developing a mixed practice.
On the criminal side, Toni has involved in trials both as prosecution and defence. She has worked with various experienced criminal practitioners, including but not limited to Mr. Andrew Raffell, Ms. Juliana Chow, Mr. Peter Wong and Mr. Marco Li. Toni’s exposure covers criminal cases across categories, such as murder, public order offences, and white-collar crimes.
In addition to her criminal practice, Toni accepts instructions for both advisory and advocacy work on the civil side. She has been involved in both court and arbitral hearings.
Before pursuing law, Toni obtained her Arts degree from the University of Hong Kong, double-majoring in Chinese Studies (中國文史) and Politics and Public Administration (PPA). She is proficient in Cantonese, English and Putonghua.
Selected Cases
- HCCC 70/2022: In this landmark case (commonly known as 47人案), Toni was led by Mr. Marco Li and acted as the junior counsel for D19, who pleaded guilty. Mitigation submissions involved, amongst other things, issues concerning interpretation of the NSL sentencing regime.
- HCCC 221/2021: Assisted Ms. Juliana Chow, counsel for the prosecution, in this murder trial (sometimes reported in the news as 解款員被殺案). Issues included the battle of experts on medical evidence relating to the Defendant’s mental state at the material time, relating to both the special and general issue.
- DCCC 1043/2021: Assisted Ms. Juliana Chow, counsel for the prosecution, in this 15-day trial concerning charges of fraud and money laundering. Involved substantive quantity of financial documents and forensic analysis.
- Involved in multiple cases of riot and unlawful assembly, both trials and appeals. Toni has worked for both the Prosecution and Defence.
- KCCC 677/2023: Acted as the Defence counsel in this trial involving one count of fraud. The Defendant’s cautioned statement and verbal admission were ruled inadmissible, and the Defendant was ultimately acquitted due to unreliability of the Prosecution’s key witness.
Scholarships and Prizes
- Boase Cohen & Collins Prize for Civil Litigation Practice (PCLL)
- CUHK JD Gold Scholarship 2016/2017
- CUHK JD Silver Scholarship 2017/2018
- CUHK JD Dean's Honours List 2017/2018
Education
- LL.M., University of Cambridge
- P.C.LL., Chinese University of Hong Kong
- J.D., Chinese University of Hong Kong
- B.A., University of Hong Kong