John Necholas

Bridget enjoys a broad practice with a primary focus on family law.  She has experiences over a wide spectrum of matrimonial proceedings, on both ancillary relief (including family-related trusts, property ownership disputes, financial dispute resolutions and interim maintenance) and children matters (including custody disputes, relocation, and applications under the Guardianship of Minors Ordinance), as well as discovery applications, domestic violence applications, enforcement proceedings, and inheritance claims (including applications under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Ordinance). Bridget also advises on surrogacy, wardship, adoption, illegitimacy and cross-border matters.

Born and raised in the Guangdong Province of China, Bridget has a strong grasp of the culture and commercial reality of the Mainland jurisdiction and is able to provide insightful and practical advice and legal solutions to clients from all walks of life. 

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Bridget is a native speaker of English, Cantonese and Mandarin. She is able to conduct trials and hearings in both English and Chinese. She accepts instructions in both civil and criminal matters. 

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