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Alvin Cheung
Alvin Cheung
Alvin Cheung
Call: 2024 (HK)

Education

  • BA (Jurisprudence), University of Oxford (First Class)
  • Bachelor of Civil Law, University of Oxford (Distinction)
  • Master of Laws, University of Chicago Law School
  • PCLL, The University of Hong Kong

Contact

Email:acheung@templechambers.com
Tel:(+852) 2523 2003

Secretary

Name:Gobby Yau
Email:gobby@templechambers.com
Tel:(+852) 2248 1827

mentions

Team from the University of Hong Kong and University College London (UCL) Crowned Winners of the Temple Chambers Moot 2025
news.Events • 11 August 2025
Landmark Court of Final Appeal Judgment on BOR4 Systemic Protection: Test for Causation between Investigative Failures and Absence of Specific Forced Labour Offence
Recent Judgments • 16 June 2025
Can a Company Resist a Winding-Up Petition Based on Costs Orders Payable Forthwith with a Cross-Claim Based on Ongoing Legal Proceedings?
Recent Judgments • 26 March 2025

languages

English, Cantonese, Putonghua

Practice Areas

  • Admiralty
  • Arbitration
  • Banking / Finance
  • Building / Construction
  • Charity
  • Civil Fraud / Asset Recovery
  • Commercial
  • Commission of Inquiry / Inquest
  • Company
  • Competition
  • Confidentiality / Privacy
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Defamation / Media
  • Disciplinary
  • Discrimination
  • Employment
  • Equity / Trust
  • Family / Matrimonial
  • Injunction / Contempt
  • Insolvency
  • Insurance
  • Intellectual Property
  • Mediation
  • Mental Health
  • Personal Injury / Medical Negligence
  • Planning
  • Probate / Succession
  • Professional Liability
  • Property & Conveyancing
  • Public Law / Judicial Review
  • Rating & Valuation
  • Restitution / Unjust Enrichment
  • Securities & Regulation
  • Tax / Revenue
  • Technology, Media and Telecommunications

    • Publications And Articles

  • Ernest Leung and Alvin Cheung, “To Stay or Not to Stay – Asking the Right Questions: Re Guy Kwok Hung Lam” [2022] JBL 653 (cited in Sian Participation Corp v Halimeda International Ltd [2024] UKPC 16)
  • Contributor to Judicial Review in Hong Kong (3rd ed, 2025)
  • Contributor to Administrative Law in Hong Kong (3rd ed, 2025)

    • Scholarship And Prizes

  • Bar Scholarship
  • Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence
  • University of Chicago Law School Scholarship
  • Exhibitioner Scholarship, awarded by University College
  • Second-year Scholarship, awarded by University College
  • Final Scholarship Award, awarded by University College
  • John Deech Prize for Best Paper in Property Law, University College
  • Blackstone Human Rights Moot – Champion and Best Oralist
  • PAX Conflict of Laws Moot – Best Pleader Award
  • Oxford Intellectual Property Law Moot – 8 New Square Prize for Best Written Submissions Award

    • Profile

    Alvin joined Chambers after completing his pupillage with Mr Abraham Chan SC, Mr Marco Li, Ms Theresa Chow, and Ms Sheena Wong. He is developing a broad civil practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers work.

    Alvin completed his BA (Jurisprudence) (First Class Honours) and BCL (Distinction) at the University of Oxford, and his LLM at the University of Chicago Law School. He was one of three individuals awarded the Bar Scholarship in 2024.

    He has also served as marshal to the Honourable Mr Justice Coleman.

    Experience

    Public Law / Judicial Review
  • CB v Commissioner of Police [2025] 4 HKC 949 – landmark judgment on whether Hong Kong should enact a specific forced labour offence due to investigative failures under Article 4 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights (led by Monica Carss-Frisk KC and Abraham Chan SC, with Albert Wong)
  • Hong Kong Journalists Association v Commissioner of Police and anor (CACV 645/2020) – whether police identification practices during the 2019 protests violate Article 3 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights (led by Tim Parker SC, with Albert Wong and Geoffrey Yeung)
  • LN v Commissioner of Police (HCAL 1090/1022) – advising on prospects of appeal against [2025] HKCFI 3604 (led by Abraham Chan SC, with Albert Wong)
    • Commercial+
  • Giant Harvest Limited v Nan Hai Corporation Limited and anor (HCA 2072/2018, HCA 2560/2018, and HCA 2632/2018) – 12-day trial over a share purchase agreement (led by Bernard Man SC and Anthony Chan SC)
  • Johnson Electric International Limited & ors v Li Yue and ors [2024] HKCFI 3462 – obtained injunctive relief against former employees accused of misappropriating confidential information from a global provider of electric motors (led by Victor Dawes SC, with Sheena Wong)
    • Ocean Elderly Service Limited v United Wealth Global (HK) Limited
      • Successfully resisted summary judgment for rental arrears on behalf of an operator of elderly home [2025] HKCFI 2676 (led by Anthony Chan SC, with Sheena Wong)
      • Resisting leave to appeal against [2025] HKCFI 2676 (as sole advocate)
  • Hong Kong Finance Equity Management Limited v Chen Mailin (HCA 64/2024) – dispute over a share purchase agreement (led by Laurence Li SC)
  • Pre-eminent Medical Centre Limited v Dr Tomoko Matsuzono and anor (HCA 921/2022) – dispute over an independent contractor agreement (led by Abraham Chan SC, with Sara Li)
    • Insolvency
  • Aggressive Construction Company Ltd v SKK (HK) Co Ltd [2025] HKCFI 4536 – obtained injunction to restrain winding-up petition against major construction company (led by Victor Dawes SC)
  • Aggressive Construction Company Limited v Wing Yip Building Materials & Engineering Co Limited (HCMP 446/2025) (as sole advocate)
  • Re Success Lane Development Limited [2025] 3 HKC 836 (as sole advocate)
    • Re Hui Chi Ming
      • Obtained leave to adduce evidence to resist bankruptcy petition against former chairman of listed company (with Martin Ho)
      • Succeeded in resisting bankruptcy petition [2025] HKCFI 3339 (led by Laurence Li SC)
      • Obtained indemnity costs against petitioner [2025] HKCFI 4106 (as sole advocate)
    Family / Matrimonial
  • Re Estate of Lau Wing Keung (FCMP 182/2022) – 6-day trial over dependency claim under section 3(1) of Cap. 481 against the estate of a late Macau businessman (with Theresa Chow)
  • M D, MP v M, MGA (FCMP 751/2018) – dispute over the appropriate valuation date of matrimonial assets given time gap of 27 months between trial and judgment (led by Bernard Man SC, with James Wood)
    • Others
  • Yik Ping Chui v Equal Opportunities Commission [2025] HKCFI 899 – succeeded in striking out tort claims against the Commission (as sole advocate)

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