Dorothy Cheung

Esther Leung was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2020. She has a broad and diverse practice encompassing both civil and criminal law, with a particular focus on Family Law, Criminal Law, Equity and Trusts, and Employment Law. "Fluent in English, Chinese, and Japanese, Esther is experienced in handling legal matters across a range of practice areas. 

On the civil side, Esther has extensive experience (as sole advocate) in matrimonial proceedings, including ancillary relief, family-related trusts, financial dispute resolution, custody issues, relocation, and discovery applications. She is adept at handling Children Dispute Resolution and Family Finance Dispute Resolution cases.

In criminal law, Esther has represented defendants in a variety of cases, (as sole advocate in magistrates court and district court) including trials, bail applications, and mitigation hearings. She has served as junior counsel, led by Mr. Hanif Mugual, in serious cases such as murder, burglary, and drug trafficking in the High Court.

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.

John Necholas, Called to the English Bar at Michaelmas,1972. Pupillage under the Hon. Brian Clapham and Hon. Graham Boal. Admitted to the Hong Kong Bar in 1975 and stayed in practice ever since.

Tiffany was called to the Bar in 2013 and has developed a broad civil and criminal practice.

She has been instructed in a wide range of cases involving areas such as general commercial, contract, company, construction, employment, land (adverse possession, conveyancing & lease), trusts (constructive trust, breach of fiduciary duties & property disputes), tort, personal injuries, probate, family/matrimonial (divorce suit, ancillary relief, custody, parental rights & guardianship), judicial review, guardianship for mentally incapacitated persons, as well as criminal matters (commercial, industrial & general).

Her practice involves providing advisory work and appearing as an advocate (either in her own right or as a led junior) for individuals and private entities in interlocutory proceedings, trials as well as appeal hearings in all levels of Court in Hong Kong.  

She also regularly accepts instructions from Government Departments to prosecute and represent defendants in criminal proceedings, and to provide pro bono advice under the Free Legal Advice Scheme.

Publications:

Headnote writer

LexisNexis, 2015

Contributing editor

Hong Kong Civil Procedure, Sweet & Maxwell, 2015

Contributing author

Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 32): Commentary and Annotations, Sweet & Maxwell, 2014

Languages:

Fluent in English, Cantonese and Mandarin