Our Practice

Public Interest & Anti-Discrimination

  • We represent clients facing labour disputes, either arising from the normal course of employment or in the context of human trafficking and forced labour, such as: Personal Injury and Employment Compensation Cases (under the Employees’ Compensation Ordinance, Cap. 282) due to work-related accidents and injuries Violations of statutory and contractual entitlements Discrimination at the workplace In addition to legal representation at District Court and the High Court, we also assist employment claims processed by the Labour Department and the Labour Tribunal.

  • We advise clients on seeking non-refoulement protection under the four applicable grounds: (1) Torture under the Immigration Ordinance, Cap. 115; (2) Risk of Persecution under the 1951 Refuege Convention; (3) Risk of Torture/Cruel, Inhuman, Degrading Treatment and Punishment under Article 3 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights; and (4) Risk of Life under Article 2 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights. We provide legal representation (possibly via assignment by the Duty Lawyer Service) to protection claimants under Hong Kong’s Unified Screening Mechanism. This includes legal representation at first instance before the Immigration Department, appeals before the Torture Claims Appeal Board, as well as potential Judicial Review Applications.

  • We believe individuals have the right to participate in all aspects of life and society irrespective of their disabilities. We represent clients who face discrimination on account of their disabilities (e.g. when accessing private or public services and/or facilities) to seek redress via different channels including judicial reviews and other civil litigations. We recently succeeded in overturning the decision of the Department of Transport refusing to grant the carer of an under-aged person with disability the same Disabled Person’s Parking Permit (DPPP) as disable driver.

  • Our firm is committed to upholding individual’s rights and liberty, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnicity, health, and social status. We represent clients whose rights have been violated at the hands of private body and/or public authorities such as:

    • Seeking recognition for equal rights for LGBTI persons, including but not limited to family right;

    • Seeking the right to remain for accessing life-saving medical treatments where the same treatments are not available at the person’s country of origin.

    We also represent clients who face discrimination in the public or private sector arising from their gender, race/ethnic group, political opinion, sexual orientation, illness, pregnancy and/or parental status. If you feel that you have been subjected to discrimination, let us know about your situation so that we can advise on whether or not you can or should seek legal redress..

Family

  • We value children’s rights and the right to family life. We represent clients in divorce and consequent financial arrangements, foster care arrangements, adoptions, maltreatments, domestic violence, child abuse, etc. We also assist clients to make urgent applications to the Court for Non-molestation Orders, Ouster Orders or Financial Injunctions.

Criminal

  • Our team has extensive experience assisting clients to navigate everything from reporting matters to the police, attending police interviews, and navigating complex criminal trials. We particularly specialise in matters where criminal cases crosses into the public interest or administrative law domain.

Immigration

  • We are experienced in assisting clients to liaise or negotiate with the Immigration Department for various matters including the application or refusal of visa applications (residency, employment, dependent, foreign domestic helper visas), naturalisation, refused entry without justification and other contentious matters. We support clients granted with non-refoulement protection to apply for permission to work.

    We also advise on matters relating to the Immigration Department’s investigations, prosecutions, administrative detention, removals and deportations. We support clients in matters such as unlawful detention, the breach of condition of stay and making false representation to Immigration arising out of making a non-refoulement protection claim.

  • As one of the leading firms specialising in human trafficking matters in Hong Kong, we provide legal representation on various forms of exploitation. This includes labour and/or sexual exploitation, domestic servitude and forced marriage to more complex situations such as being forced to commit criminal offences. Examples include: local Hong Kong girls coerced or forced into “compensated dating”; persons forced to work in the food and beverage, construction or sex industry illegally or without pay; domestic helpers deceived into work under inhumane conditions without compensation; drug mules forced to traffic drugs into Hong Kong.

    Cases we have handled include but are not limited to: Civil claims against employers for victims of forced labour Defending victims who faced criminal charges resulting from their trafficking ordeal; Judicial review against the Hong Kong Government for its failure to investigate and afford protection for victims of human trafficking and forced labour (such as ZN v Secretary for Justice, FACV 4/2019, Hong Kong, Court of Final Appeal [2020] HKCFA 53) .

Corporate, Commerce & Technology

  • We provide practical legal solutions to a wide range of commercial matters. We regularly advise and represent clients in negotiating service agreements, sales and distributorships to capture new opportunities; and in securing strategic partnerships and investments. We also provide advice on establishing start-ups, joint ventures and overseas companies in Hong Kong, on business and corporate structures, and in transactional and compliance risk management. We provide consulting on board advisory and corporate governance.

  • We support clients in navigating the complexities of the digital economy. We support clients to review their digital business risks, and together where relevant, with partnering cybersecurity, electronic discovery, digital forensics and information governance specialists. We also provide legal advice on negotiating specialist technology agreements, such as consultancy services, software applications, cyber-insurance policies and outsourcing. We advise clients on intellectual property licensing and technology commercialisation strategy.

  • We recognize the importance of strategic and efficient data governance, not only to reduce their operational costs but also to limit any cybersecurity threats. We provide complete solutions to data management such as:

    • Data protection and information governance compliance;

    • Privacy audits and impact assessments;

    • International data transfers and cloud storage arrangements; and

    • Cybersecurity and breach response plans.

Competition

  • Our legal team has been advising on cutting edge competition law matters in Hong Kong for over a decade. Our lawyers offer advice and training on specific competition law issues as well as general compliance matters for our clients.

Other General Practices

  • We provide legal advice on preparing or updating Wills and Power of Attorney for our clients, so that final wishes can be fulfilled, and disputes among families can be avoided. We also advise clients who are appointed as executors in a Will in obtaining a grant of probate.

  • We represent clients who wish to seek redress for defamatory remarks made against them. This may include urgent applications for injunctions.

  • In addition to the area of law specified above, we provide advice on an array of legal matters. Please feel free to contact us with details about the matter you are facing, and we will let you know if we can assist you, or refer you to other suitable legal professionals or public authorities for assistance.