Call: 2023
Kelvin was called to the Bar in 2023 and joined the Chambers upon his completion of pupillage with Mr. Charles J. Chan, Ms. Queenie W.S. Ng, Mr. Edward Poon and Mr. Solomon Lam.
Kelvin is developing a broad practice across Chambers’ specialisms with emphasis on construction, land and building management, personal injuries, industrial summons, and arbitration. He is regularly instructed to appear as trial advocate in different levels of courts. He accepts instructions in all areas of Chambers’ work.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Laws, the University of Nottingham
Postgraduate Certificate in Laws, City University of Hong Kong
RECENT WORK
Construction and Arbitration
Hang Chin Marble Engineering Ltd. v Pacific Marble & Granite Ltd. [2025] HKCFI 480 – represented the plaintiff at trial and successfully claimed against the contractor for outstanding payments (with Solomon Lam)
Wing Lok Construction & Engineering Co. Ltd. v Techoy Construction Co. Ltd. [2025] HKCFI 3310; [2025] HKCFI 5546 – represented the defendant at trial and successfully defended and counterclaimed against the subcontractor over a dispute in a demolition and ancillary works sub-contract (With Solomon Lam)
CCC v AAC [2025] HKCFI 2987; [2025] HKCFI 5023 – successfully resisted an application to set aside the enforcement order of an arbitral award. (With Oscar Tan and Jason PH Wong)
HCCT 91/2022 – represented the plaintiff at trial against the air-conditioning supplier for repudiation of a supply contract (With Solomon Lam)
HCCT 26/2024 – representing the plaintiff against the subcontractor for outstanding loans and overpayment
DCCJ 1271/2020 – represented the plaintiff at trial against the contractor for outstanding payments (With Solomon Lam)
DCCJ 2638/2020 – represented the defendant at trial against a company for outstanding payments on a development project under the Small House Policy of the District Lands Office. Pending judgment. (With Oscar Tan)
DCCJ 183/2021 – represented the defendant against the contractor in a trial over the issue of outstanding payment and repudiation of a construction contract. Pending judgment. (With Kwan Ping Kan)
A construction arbitration – representing the sub-sub-contractor against a sub-contractor for outstanding payments in a sub-contract for HVAC building service works. (With Solomon Lam and Matthew Cheung)
A construction arbitration – representing the main contractor against a sub-contractor over a breach of contractual duties in a construction project. (With Matthew Cheung)
Land, Building Management
HCA 1254/2024 – represented the plaintiff and successfully claimed title of land by adverse possession
LDBM 233/2018 – represented the respondent (incorporated owners) at trial over building management matters. Pending judgment
LDBM 114/2023 – represented the respondent (squatter) at trial over building management matters. Pending judgment
Personal Injuries / Employees’ Compensation
Lau Oi Wing v Tsang Wing Kong t/a Kim Yuen Recycle Co (sued as a firm) and Others [2025] 3 HKLRD 804 – successful joinder application out of time in an employees’ compensation claim
Hung Pui Man v Intercontinental Limousine Company Ltd [2025] HKDC 1721 – successfully resisted a wasted cost order against the plaintiff’s solicitors
Industrial Summons
香港特別行政區 訴 衞安工程有限公司 及另一人 KTS 9779/2023, HCMA 143/2025 – representing the sub-contractors who were summoned with one count of “liability of proprietor” (with Oscar Tan)
香港特別行政區 訴 年記建設有限公司 (D2) STS 3356 & 3357/2023 – represented a sub-contractor who was summoned with 2 counts of “fail to take adequate steps to prevent a person on the site from falling from a height of 2 metres or more”. On day 2 of trial, the prosecution offered no further evidence against D1 (the main contractor) on the basis that D2 pleads guilty to the summons
Criminal
香港特別行政區 訴 高志豐 [2024] HKDC 1690 – represented the defendant who was charged with 5 counts of “blackmail” and “criminal intimidation”. The defendant pleaded guilty to charge 2 and 5 before trial and was acquitted of charges 1, 3 and 4 after trial (with Oscar Tan and Josephine Chiu)
香港特別行政區 訴 翟國雄 [2025] HKCFI 4164 – represented the appellant who was charged with one count of “offering advantage to an agent” (with Oscar Tan)