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 Hong Kong and overseas judges with substantive appeals and applications for leave to appeal.
Before joining the Bar, Samuel worked as an auditor at Deloitte 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 a Committee Member of the District Youth Development and Civic Education Committee and Area Committees for the HKSAR Government and a part-time lecturer in law at 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, the leading authority on the law of trusts, 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 sponsorship from the Hong Kong Bar Association.
APPOINTMENTS
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, 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:-
– ‘Apparent Authority, Quincecare Duty and Termination of Banking Relationship’
- Published in The Law Quarterly Review (Sweet & Maxwell)
– ‘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)
– ‘The Approach for Ascertaining a Trustee’s Duties and Liabilities, Effectiveness of Anti- Bartlett Provisions, and Equitable Compensation for Breach of Trust or Fiduciary Duty
- Published in Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press)
– ‘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)
– When Death is Literally the Deadline: The “Cut-Off” Point for Assessing Detriment in Proprietary Estoppel’
- Published in Trusts & Trustees (Oxford University Press)
– ‘Retrial or Not? The Troubles of Exercising Discretion’
- Published in The Journal of Criminal Law (SAGE Publishing)
SELECTED HONOURS AND AWARDS
26 honours and awards including:-
– Charles Ching Memorial Scholarship
- Awarded by 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 (represented UCL)
– Ada Lovelace Award (i.e. The Best Speaker) and First Runner-up Team
- Helsinki Information Law Moot Court 2020 (represented UCL)
– Best Written Submissions on behalf of the Defendant
- The ELSA UK Commercial Law Moot Court Competition 2020 (represented UCL)
– Winner of the UCL Graduate Moot 19/20
- Awarded with a mini-pupillage at Francis Taylor Building Chambers in London
– Honourable Mention (top 10% out of around 360 law schools) for the Eric E. Bergsten Award Best Team Orals
- The 25th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (represented CUHK)
– 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 (represented CUHK)
– Champion and Best Skeleton Argument Award
- The 8th Hong Kong Human Rights Moot (represented CUHK)
– The Best Written Pleadings Award on behalf of Appellant and Respondent
- The 1st Linklaters – Denis Chang’s Chambers Competition Law Moot (represented CUHK)
– CUHK Outstanding Student Award for Social Service
- For outstanding contribution in serving the Hong Kong community