 was recently a guest speaker at the Hong Kong Trustees’ Association 35

 Anniversary Conference titled “35 years of Transformation in the Hong Kong Trust Industry”, where he addressed recent jurisprudential developments in the private wealth and trust sphere and practical perspectives on common issues encountered by trustees in the administration of trust.

Special thanks to the Hong Kong Trustees’ Association for the invitation and organisation of the event.

On 9 June 2026, the Appeal Committee of the Court of Final Appeal granted leave to appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 18 March 2025 (with reasons given on 25 March 2025), on the following question of great general or public importance:

Whether the Court has jurisdiction to grant or uphold a winding‑up order in circumstances where the petitioner has assigned the debt to a third party in the Mainland without notice to the debtor even though the company did not challenge the 

 of the petitioner at the time when the winding‑up proceedings were commenced and/or when the winding‑up order was made?

The Appeal Committee’s Determination can be found 

The Court of Appeal’s judgment below can be found 

 leading Martin Kok, instructed by Lo, Wong & Tsui, acted for the Applicant.

, instructed by YTL LLP, acted for the Respondent.

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