Call: 2015
Oscar is a practising barrister, accredited mediator and educator. He was called to the Bar in 2015, and obtained his mediator accreditation from the Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited (HKMAAL) in 2013 and the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) in 2006.
Oscar has a wide range of legal practice with particular focus on mediation and criminal litigation. He has experience in both prosecution and defence of criminal cases and has previously served as a public prosecutor. His civil practice includes personal injuries, land, building management, contractual & financial disputes, mediation and dispute resolution. He has recently succeeded in helping an appellant to reverse plea in the Court of Final Appeal.
Oscar is a seasoned speaker and educator. He is currently the Course Leader of the Mediation and Negotiation Course and Chinese Legal Practice Course under the PCLL Programme of the City University of Hong Kong. He is also a part-time lecturer of the LLM Programme of the University of Hong Kong and taught mediation in PolyU. He has been invited to deliver seminars on legal and dispute resolution topics to both public and private sectors.
Supported by the then Working Group on Mediation led by the Secretary for Justice, Oscar published the 1st and 2nd edition of the “Mediation and Dispute Resolution Handbook”. He is one of the co-authors of the first “negotiation, communication and dispute resolution” teaching pack for secondary schools. He is also a co-author of the title “Construction Contract Essentials” published by the HKU Press in 2017 and the Annotator of the Annotated Ordinance: Magistrates’ Ordinance, Cap 227 published by Lexis Nexis in 2021.