Dicky Cheung

Year of Call:

2017 (HK)

Dicky’s practice areas are contractual, bankruptcy, winding-up, company and land disputes.   

For contentious cases, Dicky has represented listed companies, state-owned banks (foreign and PRC), property developers and high-net worth individuals in handling complex commercial, corporate and civil litigation and enforcement actions in Competition Ordinance, Cap 619, involving securities, trusts, probate, multiple and foreign parties and complicated transactions.

For advisory work, Dicky regularly advises on regulatory compliance on listing matters (including Initial Public Offering of securities and bonds, on instructions from PRC state-owned banks), companies governance matters and merger and acquisition of companies. 

Dicky has regularly conducted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) course to solicitors on electronic fraud and disciplinary proceedings, and judicial review.

Dicky is fluent in Putonghua and regularly handles mainland related cases and parties. 

He was appointed Deputy Magistrate of the Hong Kong Judiciary in 2023 and 2024.

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Education

P.C.LL., The University of Hong Kong 

LL.B. with honours, The University of Hong Kong 

B.SS. in Government & Laws with honours, The University of Hong Kong

Awards
Appointments

Deputy Magistrate (2023-2024)

Practice Areas

Contractual, bankruptcy, winding up, company and land disputes

Selected cases

Appellate work 

  1. IO of Kam Luk Building v 吳靜燕 [2021] 1 HKC 683

Successful appeal against a trial judgment in adverse possession on questions of law and facts, including that an invalid licence granted by a stranger can still defeat adverse possession

  1. Re: CHEUNG KWAN (張軍), Debtor [2021] HKCA 282

Appealing against the decision to bankrupt the former majority shareholder of China Cloud Copper Company Limited (a Hong Kong-listed company) and mainland Chinese businesswoman. Led by Anson Wong SC

  1. HKSAR v Lee Sui Wah [2018] 3 HKLRD 529

Competition Law  

  1. Competition Commission v. Atal Building Services Engineering Ltd And Others [2024] HKCT 1

Representing an air conditioner service conglomerate to an alleged contravention against the Competition Ordinance, Cap 619, in the Competition Tribunal

Commercial, Company Law, Bankruptcy Litigation

  1. Re International Business Settlement Ltd  [2022] HKCFI 572

Resisting winding up on the ground pending appeal against arbitral awards in foreign proceedings

  1. Ng Tai Joo v. The Registrar Of Companies And Others [2021] 2 HKLRD 1235

Rectification of registers on the Companies Registry; irregularity principle 

  1. Re Hu Siyun [2025] HKCFI 579

A claim by a securities firm; limitation defence

  1. Bank of India v. Bergner (HK) Ltd (In Liquidation) [2019] HKCFI 1171

Representing a state-owned bank in India: resisting application for validation order

  1. Addchance Ltd v. Herojoy Trading Ltd [2019] HKCFI 1147 and [2018] HKCFI 1988

Representing an operative subsidiary of a listed company: resisting application for discharge of injunction against winding up. Led by Victor Dawes SC. 

Judicial Review

  1. Wei Linghui v Hong Kong Federation of Insurers Insurance Agents Registration Board [2019] 4 HKLRD 387

Representing an insurance agent in judicial review of disciplinary actions  

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Criminal 

  1. HKSAR v. Kiu Mei Ling And Others [2019] 2 HKLRD 991

Representing an operative subsidiary of a listed company to recover compensation for fraud involving a sum of $40 million 

Property Litigation 

  1. Chan Wendy Ka Man v Power Tripod Limited [2024] HKCFI 3667

Representing a property developer in a sale of first hand residential property 

  1. South-China Universal Finance Ltd v Tsang Koon Sau And Another [2022] HKDC 258

Trial and O. 14A application on the questions of law of non-registration of lis pendens

  1. Zhai Jin Cheng v Wang Lijun And Another [2023] HKCFI 1039

Banking and General Civil

  1. Bank Of Communications (Hong Kong) Ltd v China Fortune Enterprises Ltd And Others [2024] HKDC 2015
  2. Société Générale, Singapore Branch v. Inter Pacific Group Pte Ltd And Others [2019] HKCFI 2405  

Representing a marine bunkers and fuel oils company in a civil fraud case involving over USD $44 million. 

  1. Comtel Solutions Pte Ltd v. Yi Li Trade (HK) Co., Ltd And Another [2019] HKCFI 2407 Overseas email fraud, with declaratory relief and vesting order against the bank obtained. 

Mainland (PRC) Practice

  1. Rendering a written advice to a PRC state-owned bank listed on HKEx mainboard on the regulatory and compliance issues for issuance of bonds in the sum of US$10,000,000,000 
  2. Rendering 2 written advices to a PRC state-owned bank listed on HKEx mainboard on the laws of insolvency and guarantee 
  3. Rendering a written advice to a PRC company on a merger and acquisition transaction with a Hong Kong company 
Other Qualifications

Other Members

Roy Chui

Called to the Bar in 2018, Roy specialises in chancery practice, focusing on commercial disputes, trusts, and company matters, alongside interests in competition and securities law. His practice spans trial advocacy, appellate work, and advisory.

Advocacy is a key focus in Roy’s practice. Roy simplifies complex legal arguments into clear, compelling presentations. His strong witness handling skills have been demonstrated through conducting High Court trials involving multi-day cross-examinations on his own right.

Roy accepts urgent instructions and is capable of delivering efficient support and preparing documents under tight deadlines.

Outside the law, Roy is an amateur triathlete and trail runner, currently training for a sub-5 hours half Ironman.

Caspar Ng

Caspar practices in the full spectrum of criminal and civil matters. Since the commencement of his pupillage with Ms. Anita Yip SC, Caspar has especially enjoyed advising on chancery matters with a particular focus on matrimonial finances and family law, inheritance and probate, trust and administration, commercial and land disputes. He also accepts instructions to handle criminal matters as a defence attorney, or as a fiat-prosecutor on behalf of the HKSAR government.

Adrian So

Adrian has developed a broad criminal and civil practice and has experience in matters spanning a wide spectrum of practice areas. He has appeared both in his own right and as a led junior in the Court of Final Appeal, the Court of First Instance, the District Court and the Magistrates’ Courts. He also acted as counsel-on-fiat for the prosecution in the Magistrates’ Courts and is currently on the Legal Aid Panel for criminal matters.

Adrian has experience in a wide range of criminal cases, both at trial and appellate level, such as money laundering, corruption, dishonesty offences, sexual offences, assault offences, road traffic offences, drug-related offences and immigration offences. On the civil side, Adrian has accumulated experience in matters such as personal injuries, contractual, probate, company, land, commercial matters, administrative appeal, and other general civil disputes.