PROFILE/PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sally obtained both her LLB and PCLL from the University of Hong Kong. She then served her pupillage with Mr. Erik Shum, Mr. Valentine Yim, Mr. Raymond Yu, Mr. Eugene Yim and Mr. Vincent Chen. She joined Chambers in 2019.

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Sally is developing a broad practice and accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work, including criminal and civil. She accepts instructions for both advocacy and advisory work, and has appeared in the High Court both in her own right and as a led junior.

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Sally has been involved in cases concerning areas of law including criminal, family, contract, bankruptcy, winding up, commercial, company, probate, adverse possession, building management, compulsory sale, tort, personal injuries, employment, trust, IPO, trademark and arbitration.
 

SELECTED CASES ​

PROBATE

• Leung Yun Siu (梁潤笑), The Person Appointed To Represent the Estate of Fong Yin Ting (方燕婷), Deceased v Chow Wai Hung (周偉雄), The Person Appointed To Represent the Estate of Chow Wai Fai (周偉輝), Deceased  [2020] HKCFI 2634 (precluded a husband murdering his wife from acquiring any interest in his wife’s estate under the forfeiture rule, as sole counsel for the plaintiff)

• Tso Tak Lee (曹得利) v Tso Chui Yan (曹翠仁), Administrator of the Estate of Kam Yuk Fung (金玉鳳), deceased and Chan Hing Lung (陳興龍)
  HCAP 29/2012 (trial; seeking to propound a will, with Ms. Annie Lai for the plaintiff) (pending judgment) 

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FAMILY​

• 樊 對 陳 [2021] HKFC 116 (ancillary relief trial; opposed the petitioner’s claim for a lump sum payment, as sole counsel for the respondent)​

• 鄧 對 蘇  [2023] HKFC 118 (care and control and relocation trial, as sole counsel for the respondent)

• LKY v OCF  [2022] HKFC 206 (opposed a maintenance pending suit application, as sole counsel for the respondent)​

• LKY v OCF [2022] HKFC 274 (applied for leave to appeal against a maintenance pending suit order, as sole counsel for the respondent)

• SKA v TI [2023] HKFC 176 (relocation trial, as sole counsel for the petitioner)

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EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION / PERSONAL INJURIES

• Yuen Chiu Fuk  對 Wong Ming [2022] HKDC 167 (personal injuries trial, as sole counsel for the plaintiff)

• Hung Shing Keung  對 梁潤生 t/a 興旺搬屋公司 [2023] HKDC 918 (employees’ compensation trial, as sole counsel for the plaintiff)

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BANKRUPTCY AND WINDING-UP

• Fung Kwong Chuen v Wong Ka Sek and Wong Ka Lam King, The Joint and Several Trustees of the Property of Fung Kwong Chuen, A Bankrupt [2020] HKCFI 3009 (opposed an application to reverse the respondent’s decision to freeze the applicant’s bank accounts, as sole counsel for the respondent)

• Yan Yuen Ching and  Another  v Yan Tsz Kin & Others [2023] HKCFI 1986 (trial for a declaratory relief that items in a safe deposit box held in the joint names of a bankrupt and his sister belong to his sister absolutely, as sole counsel for the trustees-in-bankruptcy)

• Re 麒麟集團控股有限公司 (Kirin Group Holdings Limited) HCCW 229/2021 (wound up a listed company, as sole counsel for the petitioner)
   

GENERAL CIVIL

• Asia Shahid t/a International Business Point (Hong Kong)  v China Ping an Insurance (Hong Kong) Co Ltd  [2023] HKCFI 1296 (opposed an appeal against an order striking out the plaintiff’s claim on ground of time limitation, as sole counsel for the defendant)

• Cheung Kwai Tai  v Yeung Mei Fun [2022] HKDC 1199 (opposed an appeal against an order dismissing the defendant’s application for relief from sanction, as sole counsel for the plaintiff)

• Keen Lloyd Holdings Ltd v Churk Yat Ming and Another [2020] HKCFI 2182 (varied a Mareva injunction order, as sole counsel for the 1st defendant)

• Nichia Chemical Hong Kong, Limited v 深圳市聚作照明股份有限公司 and Another HCA 2057/2019 (set aside a regular default judgment with delay for over a year, and struck out the writ of summons, as sole counsel for the 2nd defendant)

• Suen Yat Hau (孫日孝) v Suen Lap Shun (孫立信) HCA 745/2014; Wong Man Yu (黃曼瑜) & Suen Yat Hau (孫日孝) v. Xie Daphne Pei Wen (謝佩雯)  [2023] HKCFI 2272 (trial for a declaration relief that a property held by the plaintiff and the defendant belongs solely to the plaintiff, with Mr Lewis Law for the defendants) ​

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DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

• The Law Society of Hong Kong  v A Solicitor  [2023] 1 HKLRD 543, [2022] HKCA 1874 (opposed an application for leave to appeal against sanctioned order, as sole counsel for the respondent)

• The Law Society of Hong Kong  v A Solicitor  (01/02/2024, CACV496/2022) [2024] HKCA 133 (opposed an appeal against sanctioned order, led by Ms. Anita Yip S.C. for the respondent)
   

JUDICIAL REVIEW

• Agrade Holdings Ltd v Town Planning Board [2021] HKCFI 3559 (quashed the Town Planning Board’s decision against a rezoning application, led by Mr Jenkin Suen S.C. for the applicant)
   

CRIMINAL​​

• 香港特別行政區 訴 林炳基  [2020] HKDC 1042 (defended a charge of a dangerous causing death, with Mr. Charles J Chan and Mr. Felix Tang for the defendant) 

• 香港特別行政區 訴 林健儀  [2022] HKCFI 1719 (an appeal against conviction and sentence for 10 counts of fraud in an ICAC case, as sole advocate for the appellant) 

• 香港特別行政區 訴 吳友城  [2022] HKDC 792 (defended a charge of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, as sole counsel for the defendant) 

• HKSAR  v Lee Wing Hung Mickey  [2023] HKDC 802 (in relation to dangerous driving causing death, as sole counsel for the defendant) 
   

BUILDING MANAGEMENT

• 中紀投資有限公司 & Ors v 置佳物業服務有限公司 & Ors [2019] HKLdT 42 (sought costs against the 1st and 2nd plaintiffs, with Mr Lewis Law for the 2nd to 7th respondents)