Roy Chui

Year of Call:

2018 (HK)

+852 2525 0221
Fax:
+852 2845 2441

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.

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Education

LLB (Liverpool)

PCLL (The City University of Hong Kong)

LLM (Competition Law) (UCL) (Distinction)

Awards
Appointments
Practice Areas
Selected cases
Other Qualifications

HCA 1960/2013

  • Supervising counsel from early stage to 8-day High Court trial in defending trust claims in relation to multiple properties.

HCA 201/2020

  • Supervising and trial counsel for the Plaintiff claiming against former directors for breach of fiduciary duties and defamation.

HCA 1211/2018

  • Instructed on an urgent basis for leave to appeal against High Court Judge’s decision disallowing stay of civil proceedings pending criminal in a fraud case involving over HK$63M.

DCEO 3/2020

  • Instructed on an urgent basis to institute legal proceedings on disability discrimination against a listed company. Handled all the matters before the case was settled just before trial.

HCAP 22/2016

  • Represented the Plaintiff in applying an urgent injunction in light of an imminent risk of dissipation in a probate action for maladministration and breach of fiduciary duties.

DCCJ 2025/2021

  • Represented a defendant to defend the Plaintiff’s summary judgment application in an unjust enrichment claim which required amendment of defence.

HCMP 1596/2021

  • Represented minority shareholders in applying an inspection against the company.

CACC 373/2018

  • Successfully represented the prosecution in resisting the appeal against conviction and sentencing in relation to a trafficking of dangerous drugs charge.

  • Assisted a client, who was facing Securities and Futures Commission’s (SFC) investigation in relation to fraudulently or recklessly inducing others to invest money, misconduct and corruption offences, to attend SFC interview.

  • Assisted a client in launching a complaint to SFC for various misconduct by regulated individuals and corporations, including unauthorised allotment of shares, fraudulent representation, engaging in regulated activities without licence, etc. Participated in a without prejudice meeting.

Other Members

Dorothy Cheung

Dorothy was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 2014.  

Dorothy’s practice encompasses a broad range of criminal and civil cases, she appears regularly at different levels of courts, including the Magistrate’s Courts, District Court and Court of First Instance, both as junior and as sole advocate.

Elvin Chan

On the civil side, Elvin has a broad civil practice encompassing a wide spectrum of civil and commercial disputes.  He has appeared as sole advocate in all levels of court up to the Court of Appeal.  Elvin is also regularly engaged by the Government for civil work.

On the criminal side, Elvin is regularly instructed for trial and other matters by both defendants and as counsel-on-fiat for the prosecution.

Alongside his practice, Elvin has been teaching tort law as a tutor in the Graduate Diploma in English and Hong Kong Law (C.P.E) programme since 2022.

Before joining the Bar, Elvin was an Associate in the Advisory Department of international compliance firm The Red Flag Group (since acquired by LSEG Data & Analytics, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)) for three years.

Tiffany Tin

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

Teresa Yu

Teresa joined Garden Chambers after reading law and serving pupillage with Mr Derek Chan S.C., Mr Charles J. Chan., Mr Stanley Siu, Ms Queenie Ng, and Mr Felix Li.  In developing a broad mixed practice, Teresa has a particular focus on commercial disputes and land and trust related matters, as well as family law disputes.  Teresa has advised and advocated for clients in a wide variety of civil and criminal matters and has, both as a sole advocate and a led junior, appeared in all levels of Court in her own right.  In all cases, she is committed to resolving the disputes amicably wherever possible, and, where necessary, fight for respective clients in their best interests in mind. 

Outside court, Teresa also accepts urgent engagement for legal visits and/or advice and saves no effort in contributing her time to the legal industry by accepting appointments from different institutions and organising events for budding and young legal talents and undertaking pro-bono legal services via multiple schemes.

Teresa’s diligent, accurate and eloquent advisory and advocacy are widely recognised in both Chinese and English matters.