Silks
Paul W T Shieh SCRonny Tong QC, SC, JPRuy Barretto SCWong Yan-Lung SCJat Sew-Tong, SBS, SC, JPRimsky Yuen, GBM, SC, JPAshley Burns SCStewart K M Wong SCEugene Fung SCCharles Manzoni QC, SCYvonne Cheng SCRaymond Leung SCVictor Dawes SCBernard Man SCRichard Khaw SCAlexander Stock SCAbraham Chan SCJin Pao SCEva Sit SCLaurence Li SCJonathan Chang SCLaw Man-Chung SCVictor Joffe QC (England & Wales)Richard Todd QC (England & Wales)Charles Hollander QC (England & Wales)Deepak Nagpal QC (England & Wales)Winston Poon SCJuniors
Douglas Jones Robin McLeish Grace Chow Sara Tong Anthony Chan Mike S K Lui Elizabeth Y Cheung Wilson Leung Queenie Lau Zabrina S Y Lau Janet W Y Ho Keith Lam Julian Lam Bonnie Y K Cheng Justin Ho Bianca Yu Andrea Yu Val Chow Martin Ho James Man Theresa Chow Thomas Wong Astina Au Jason Lee Byron Chiu Joshua Chan Danny Tang Sheena Wong Peter Dong Harrison Miao Victor Lui Jennifer Fan Natalie So Brian Lee Esther Mak John Leung Eugene Kwan Jonathan Ng Karen Tsang Keith Chan Zenith Chan John Cheung John C K Chan Adrian KwanArbitrators / Mediators
Geoffrey Ma Ng Jern-Fei QC
Ashley Burns SC
Call: 1996 (HK) |
Profile
Ashley Burns, SC has been practicing law in the field of commercial dispute resolution for over 40 years. He first qualified as a solicitor in England in 1972 and was admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong in 1977. He was a partner of Johnson Stokes & Master (now known as Mayer Brown) from 1981 to 1987, the managing partner of Turner Kenneth Brown’s Hong Kong office from 1987 to 1993 and then managing partner of the Hong Kong office of Wilde Sapte (subsequently known as Denton Wilde Sapte and now known as SNR Denton) from 1993 to 1996. He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1996 and took Silk in 2007.
Ashley Burns has a broad predominantly commercial practice with an emphasis on employment and partnership related matters. He regularly appears in the High Court – in the Court of First Instance; in the Court of Appeal and also in the Court of Final Appeal. He has also been involved in a number of arbitrations (both as arbitrator and advocate) and is available for both arbitration and mediation work.
Selected Cases
Employment
Williams v. Jefferies Hong Kong Ltd (unreported), 8 July 2013, 12 July 2013
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe v. Boyer and others (unreported), 29 February 2012
ICAP (Hong Kong) Ltd v. Chan and others (unreported), 22 December 2010
Kwan Siu Wa Becky v. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (unreported), 6 November 2009, 18 November 2011 (Court of Appeal)
Chong Cheng Lin Courtney v. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, (unreported), Court of Appeal, 16 November 2010
Tadjuddin v. Bank of America [2009] 4 HKC 507
IBM China/Hong Kong Ltd v. Knight (unreported), 14 November 2009
PCCW HKT Telephone Ltd v. Aitken and another [2009] 2 HKC 342 (Court of Final Appeal)
HSBC Bank v. Wallace (unreported), 28 November 2007
Au Kwai Fun and others v. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited [2008] 2 HKC 507
ICAP (Hong Kong) Ltd v. BGC Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd [2005] 3 HKC 137
Deacons v. White & Case [2003] 3 HKC 374
Kao Lee & Yip v. Koo [2003] 2 HKC 252
Insolvency
Lee Yuk Shing v. Dianoor International Limited (In Liquidation) [2016] 4 HKC 535
Re China Fisheries International Ltd, HCCW 367/2015, (Unreported), 17 March 2016
Moulin Global Eyecare Trading Ltd (in liquidation) v. Commissioner of Inland Revenue [2014] 3 HKC 323
Moulin Global Eyecare Trading Ltd (in liquidation) v. Olivia Lee [2011] 2 HKC 545, [2012] 3 HKC 272, [2013] 4 HKC 592
Akai Holdings Ltd (in liquidation) v. Everwin Dynasty Ltd and others [2012] 3 HKC 485
Re Lehman Brothers Securities Asia Ltd (unreported), 20 April 2011
Re Lehman Brothers Securities Ltd (unreported), 27 August 2009
Probate / Succession
Chinachem Charitable Foundation v. The Secretary for Justice and Administrators of the Estate of Nina Kung (deceased) (Court of Final Appeal) (2018) HKCFAR 414, 18 May 2015 [construction of will, charitable trusts]
Re LLC (unreported), 16 July 2010 [statutory will]
Banking / Finance
Zhang Hong Li and others v. DBS Bank (Hong Kong) and others, unreported, 13 April 2018 (Court of First Instance) [2017] HKCU 956, 27 July 2018 (Court of Appeal) [2018] HKCA 435 and 22 November 2019 (Court of Final Appeal) (2019) 22 HKCFAR 392
Equity / Trust
Zhang Hong Li and others v. DBS Bank (Hong Kong) and others, unreported, 13 April 2018 (Court of First Instance) [2017] HKCU 956, 27 July 2018 (Court of Appeal) [2018] HKCA 435 and 22 November 2019 (Court of Final Appeal) (2019) 22 HKCFAR 392
Commercial
Zimmer Sweden AB v. KPN Hong Kong Limited [2016] 2 HKC 282
Johnson Electric International Ltd v. Bel Global Resources Holdings Ltd [2014] 5 HKC 504 [application for leave to appeal; admission of fresh evidence]
Chinaplus Wines Ltd v. Berry Bros & Rudd Ltd (unreported) 13 December 2012 [confidential information; interlocutory injunction]
Dynasty Line Ltd v. Sukampto Sia & Anor (unreported), 9 February 2009 [jurisdiction and forum]
Unruh v. Seeberger [2007] 2 HKC 609 (Court of Final Appeal) [maintenance and champerty and estoppel by convention]
Family / Matrimonial
Leung Lun Ping v. Kwok Yu Wah, 22 December 2015 (Court of Final Appeal) (2015) HKCFAR 605
AVT v. VNT [2015] HKFLR 385
Z v. Z [2012] HKFLR 346
Contact
| Email: | saburns@templechambers.com |
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| Tel: | (+852) 2523 2003 |
Secretary | |
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| Name: | Sarah Liu |
| Email: | sarahliu@templechambers.com |
| Tel: | (+852) 2248 1886 |
Practice Areas
Education
LLB (Hons), Class 2(1), University of Sheffield,