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John Leung
Call: 2019 (HK) |
Profile
John joined Chambers in 2019 following completion of pupillage with Mr Abraham Chan SC, Mr Jin Pao SC, Mr Laurence Li SC, and Mr Tony Li.
Before being called to the Hong Kong Bar, John was a Judicial Assistant at the Court of Final Appeal where he provided assistance to the judges in substantive appeals, leave applications, and various publications.
John also worked as an intern at the Office of the President in the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals in The Hague, where he assisted in the cases of both the Mechanism and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
John completed his Bachelor of Laws degree at University College London as the top graduate of his class. He then obtained his postgraduate Bachelor of Civil Law degree at the University of Oxford with distinction.
John is developing a broad civil practice and has been instructed in cases relating to judicial review/human rights, civil fraud, securities and regulation, corporate insolvency, and disciplinary proceedings. He has appeared before the Court of First Instance, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Final Appeal. He accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.
Selected Cases
Public Law / Judicial Review
ZN v Secretary for Justice FACV 4/2019 (led by Lord Pannick QC, Mr Stewart Wong SC, and Mr Jin Pao SC) – whether BOR 4 includes a prohibition against human trafficking and imposes a duty of specific criminalisation
Leung Kwok Hung v Commissioner of Correctional Services FACV 8/2019 (ongoing; led by Stewart Wong SC and Mr Jin Pao SC) – whether gender-based appearance codes in prison are discriminatory
Junior Police Officers’ Association of the Hong Kong Police Force and Anor v Electoral Affairs Commission, Chief Electoral Officer and Electoral Registration Officer HCAL 3042/2019 (led by Abraham Chan SC, with Mr Tony Ko) – whether the public disclosure of electors’ linked names and addresses is a breach of privacy; pending judgment
Nick Infinger v Hong Kong Housing Authority, HCAL 2647/2018 (led by Mr Abraham Chan SC) – whether excluding same-sex couples from public rental housing is discriminatory; pending judgment
Kwok Cheuk Kin and Leung Kwok Hung v President of the Legislative Council for and on behalf of the Legislative Council HCAL 1094 and 1120/2017 (led by Mr Benjamin Yu SC, Mr Abraham Chan SC, with Mr Danny Tang) – whether the quorum requirement in BL 75(1) is applicable to a meeting of a committee of the whole Council
Junior counsel advising on an ongoing judicial review application against the Commissioner of Police on the use of letters of no consent under s.25A of the Organized and Serious Crimes Ordinance
Insolvency
Hsin Chong Construction Company Ltd (In Provisional Liquidation) v Build King Construction Limited CACV 321/2019 (led by Linda Chan SC) – on the anti-deprivation principle, the pari passu principle, and the scope of s.182 C(WUMP)O
Public International Law / Arbitration
Junior counsel advising on an ongoing review application of a jurisdictional award involving the interpretation of a bilateral investment treaty
Disciplinary
Acted for an insurer in disciplinary proceedings before the Insurance Agents Registration Board, Cases No. C17/806/JC & C17/1184/JC (led by Mr Jin Pao SC) – on issues of apparent authority and natural justice
Securities & Regulation
Advising on an ongoing judicial review application against the HKEx’s decision to suspend trading of a listed issuer’s shares and commence delisting procedure (led by Mr Laurence Li SC)
Andrew Left v Securities and Futures Commission, FAMV 195/2019 (ongoing; led by Mr Laurence Li SC)
Commercial
Advising on issues of Hong Kong contract law for Singaporean arbitral proceedings
Advising on several email fraud claims involving asset-tracing and third-party liabilities
Galleria (Hong Kong) Ltd (In Compulsory Liquidation) and Others v DBS Bank Ltd, Hong Kong Branch, HCCL 4/2016 (ongoing costs proceedings, led by Mr Laurence Li SC)
Contact
| Email: | jleung@templechambers.com |
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| Tel: | (+852) 2523 2003 |
Secretary | |
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| Name: | Aki Lee |
| Email: | aki@templechambers.com |
| Tel: | (+852) 2248 1841 |
Practice Areas
Appointments And Public Office
Judicial Assistant at the Court of Final Appeal, Hong Kong (2018)
Reporter for the Oxford Reports on International Law (2015 - present)
Associate Editor of the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal (2015)
Education
PCLL, Chinese University of Hong Kong
BCL, University of Oxford (Distinction) (Magdalen College)
LLB (Hons), University College London (First Class Honours, Top of Class)
Publications And Articles
J. Leung and S.Y. Wong, ‘Subrogation and Unjust Enrichment in the Supreme Court’ (2016) 3 LMCLQ 337
Scholarship And Prizes
Middle Temple Scholarship for Advocacy Training, London
The Bar Scholarship
Champion of the Shearman & Sterling University of Oxford Moot Competition
The Law Faculty Prize in International Commercial Arbitration
The Planethood Foundation Prize in International Criminal Law
The Oxford Meron Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) Internship Fund
Magdalen College Award for BCL Distinction
The Andrews Medal & Prize for Top of LLB Class
The Dean’s List, Faculty of Laws
The International Corporate Rescue Prize for Company Law
The Cheng Tien-Hsi Prize for Public International Law
The Hurst Prize for Best Performance in LLB Second Year
UCL Faculty Undergraduate Scholarship for Excellence
Best Performance in Tort Law
Honourable Mention for the Pieter Sanders Award in the Willem C Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
Finalist and Runner-up of the Cambridge University International Criminal Court Moot Competition
Sir Edward Youde Memorial Scholarship for Overseas Studies
Hong Kong University Graduates Association Education Foundation Outstanding Student Award
languages
English, Cantonese, Mandarin