Call: 2017
Sai Chi (SC) is a practising barrister and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers in the disciplines of Electrical, Mechanical, Building Services, Marine and Naval Architecture, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, a Fellow of Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators.
Before joining the Bar, SC was a Chief Engineer and has over 30 years of experience in construction and project management. He has profound knowledge and expertise in engineering, and has provided legal advice involving technical compliance and contractual matters in engineering contracts. He was also a veteran property maintenance and management professional in his work as Chief Manager and Assistant Director of Housing.
SC’s areas of practice are construction and maintenance related contractual disputes and technical compliance; statutory, regulatory and disciplinary inquiries and compliance; property management related to DMC and BMO Cap 344; and arbitration. He has also a strong interest in taking up advisory and defence work utilizing technical analytical methods in vehicle accidents, traffic offences, and industrial accidents.
SC has appeared in adult courts and juvenile court for defendants and is also a fiat counsel prosecuting cases on fiat. He is legal representative for torture claimants in Non-refoulment claims.
APPOINTMENTS
Former Internal Auditor in ISO 9001 for construction
Former chief representative of a party to the mediation in a multi-million land and building management dispute case
5S Technical Committee member of the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency
EDUCATION
PCLL, University of Hong Kong
LLB(Hons), Manchester Metropolitan University
MBA, University of Hong Kong
BSc (Eng.) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Hong Kong
QUALIFICATIONS
Barrister of the High Court of Hong Kong
FHKIE (Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers)
FIMechE (Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK)
FCIBSE (Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, UK)
FHKIArb (Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Arbitrators)
CEng (Chartered Engineer, UK))
LANGUAGE
English and Cantonese, good working knowledge of Putonghua
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
SC has published a number of papers on lift design, lift modernisation, automatic refuse collection system, intelligent buildings, sustainability, and quality maintenance in local and international conferences and seminars in the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China.