Call: 2022
Samuel is a Charles Ching Scholar. He completed his JD at CUHK where he graduated on the Dean’s List and further completed his LLM in International Commercial Law at UCL with Distinction. During his legal studies, he represented his universities in various international and local mooting competitions and was awarded a number of prizes. Samuel served his pupillage with Mr. Robert Pang SC, Mr. Richard Khaw SC, Mr. Tony Li SC, Mr. Eugene Yim and Mr. Vincent Chen and was called to the Bar in 2022. He is developing a broad civil and criminal practice.
From 2020 to 2021, Samuel was a Judicial Assistant at the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal where he assisted local and overseas judges with substantive appeals and applications for leave to appeal.
Before joining the Bar, Samuel worked as an auditor at Deloitte (one of the “Big Four”) and is well-versed in accounting and commercial matters.
Samuel is adept at the use of Chinese language (traditional and simplified Chinese) and has experience in working with clients from Mainland China. He is an Adjudicator of the Registration of Persons Tribunal and a Member of the Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings), District Youth Development and Civic Education Committee and Area Committees. In addition to public appointments, he holds teaching positions in law at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, and City University of Hong Kong.
Samuel has published in various leading law journals. His works have been cited both in Hong Kong and abroad, including by Snell’s Equity and Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency, the leading authorities on the law of trusts and agency law, and two apex courts, namely the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal and the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Samuel also completed the Advanced Advocacy Training Course at Keble College, University of Oxford with full sponsorship from the Hong Kong Bar Association.
APPOINTMENTS
Member, The Panel of External Vetters, Hong Kong Judiciary (since 2025)
Part-time Teacher, Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (since 2025)
Adjudicator, Registration of Persons Tribunal, HKSAR Government (since 2025)
Committee Member, Standing Committee on Mainland Affairs, Hong Kong Bar Association (since 2025)
Lecturer in Law (Part-time), Hong Kong Baptist University (since 2025)
Member, Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings), HKSAR Government (since 2024)
Committee Member, Standing Committee on Legal Education, Hong Kong Bar Association (since 2024)
Committee Member, Area Committees, HKSAR Government (since 2024)
Lecturer in Law (Part-time), City University of Hong Kong (since 2023)
Committee Member, District Youth Development and Civic Education Committee of Sai Kung District, HKSAR Government (since 2023)
Judicial Assistant of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (2020 – 2021)
EDUCATION
LLM in International Commercial Law (Distinction), University College London (UCL)
- Dissertation supervised by Prof. Charles Mitchell QC (Hon), FBA and Prof. Paul S Davies (with Distinction)
JD (Dean’s List) and PCLL, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
MA in Translation, The University of Hong Kong
BBA (Accounting Concentration), Hong Kong Baptist University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
21 publications, including:-
– ‘Whither Quistclose Trusts? A Non-linear Development of the Doctrine’
- Published in Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press)
- Cited by the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal in China Life Trustees Ltd v China Energy Reserve and Chemicals Group Overseas Co Ltd (2024) 27 HKCFAR 359
– ‘How Do Statutes “Speak” in Recent Technology Advancement Cases?’
- Published in Statute Law Review (Oxford University Press)
- Cited by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in Meera Shafi v Ali Zafar (PLJ 2023 SC 327)
– When Death is Literally the Deadline: The “Cut-Off” Point for Assessing Detriment in Proprietary Estoppel’
- Published in Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press)
- Cited by Snell’s Equity since the 34th edition
– ‘Apparent Authority, Quincecare Duty and Termination of Banking Relationship’
- Published in The Law Quarterly Review (Sweet & Maxwell)
- Cited by Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency (23rd edition)
– ‘The Extensive Jurisdiction in the Action on an Arbitral Award’
- Published in Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly (Informa Law)
– ‘“Illusory Trusts”, Shams, and Reservation of Powers’
- Published in Trust Law International (Bloomsbury Professional)
– ‘Jouster or Ouster? The Bases of Claiming an Account of “Rent” from a Co-owner’
- Published in The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer (Sweet & Maxwell)
– ‘A Contextual Approach to Interpretation of Injunctions: SDI Retail Services Ltd v The Rangers Football Club Ltd [2021] EWCA Civ 790’
- Published in Civil Justice Quarterly (Sweet & Maxwell)
– ‘The Duties of Impartiality, Disclosure, and Confidentiality: Lessons from a London- Seated Arbitration’
- Published in Arbitration International (Oxford University Press)
– ‘Retrial or Not? The Troubles of Exercising Discretion’
- Published in The Journal of Criminal Law (SAGE Publishing)
The 21 publications in leading journals address a wide range of subjects, including the law of trusts, land and property law, the law of succession, family law, arbitration, company law, banking and finance, agency, criminal law, criminal procedure, civil procedure and statutory interpretation, across a variety of jurisdictions such as Hong Kong SAR, the United Kingdom, Bermuda, Jersey, Grenada and the Cook Islands.
A full list of publications can be provided upon request.
SELECTED HONOURS AND AWARDS
27 honours and awards, including:-
– Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship, Hong Kong Bar Association
– Honourable Mention (top 10% amongst nearly 400 law schools from 82 countries) for the Eric E. Bergsten Award Best Team Orals, The 27th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
– Ada Lovelace Award (The Best Speaker) and First Runner-up Team, Helsinki Information Law Moot Court 2020
– Best Written Submissions on behalf of the Defendant, The ELSA UK Commercial Law Moot Court Competition 2020
– Champion, UCL Graduate Moot 2019/20
– Honourable Mention (top 10% of around 360 law schools) for the Eric E. Bergsten Award Best Team Orals, The 25th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot
– Second Runner-up (3rd out of nearly 150 law schools) for Best Memorandum on behalf of Respondent, The 15th Willem C. Vis East Commercial Arbitration Moot
– Champion and Best Skeleton Argument Award, The 8th Hong Kong Human Rights Moot
– The Best Written Pleadings Award on behalf of the Appellant and Respondent, The 1st Linklaters – Denis Chang’s Chambers Competition Law Moot
– CUHK Outstanding Student Award for Social Service for outstanding contribution in serving the Hong Kong community
SELECTED CASES
Civil cases
– Successfully defended two claims brought by a Hong Kong listed company for HK$46 million in consolidated proceedings: [2025] HKCFI 5146 (Co-counsel with Mr Oscar Tan)
– Successfully claimed in excess of HK$150 million in respect of a contractual dispute involving US$30 million: [2025] HKCFI 4196 (Sole counsel)
– Successfully resisted applications seeking the removal of a trustee and challenging decisions made by the trustee: [2024] HKCFI 2193 (Sole counsel)
– Successfully defended an appeal against the decision to remove a trustee and against the challenge to the trustee’s decision: [2025] HKCA 597 (Sole counsel)
– Successfully resisted an application for leave to appeal to the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal: [2025] HKCA 918 (Sole counsel)
– Applied for continuation of Mareva and proprietary injunctions in two fraud actions: [2025] HKDC 2105 (Sole counsel)
– Acted, or currently act, as sole counsel in a broad spectrum of civil proceedings, encompassing general civil procedure, contract, civil fraud, land, equity and trusts, family, wills and probate, company and insolvency, arbitration, employment, tort, insurance, personal injury, and other related matters.
Criminal matters
– Acted for the defendant, an individual, in an appeal against an SFO prosecution for holding out as carrying on a business in a regulated activity: [2025] HKCFI 3132 (Sole counsel)
– Secured an acquittal for the defendant in a motor racing prosecution: FLCC 503/2025 (Sole counsel)
– Acted, or currently act, as sole counsel in a wide array of criminal proceedings, including cases involving traffic offences, perverting the course of justice, conspiracy to defraud, immigration offences, amongst others.